Kenneth Tappan- Outside Experience

The other day i watched the movie Watchmen, this movie in my mind tied in to our class. There is one character in particular that caught my eye when it came to our class. The character that i am speaking of was Dr. Manhattan. Dr. Manhattan is a super being who has extrodinary powers. Know one knows how powerful he truly is. Throughout the movie Dr. Manhattan finds himself alienated from life and earth. He is drifting further and further away from humanity. In one part of the movie he abandons the earth to dwell on Mars. He enjoys Mars because there is no life and therefore it was perfect. No conflict, no death, Dr. Manhattan could no longer understand life, he fell in love with the non living. In my mind Dr. Manhattan can be a metaphor for humanities strengthening technology. With each new step in technology we drift further away from the natural world. Towards the end of the movie Dr. Manhattan realizes that life makes things worth while, he realizes that what good is non living material like metals if no one is there to use it are appreciate it.