Page 16 talks about Dr.Long’s search for the root cause of Kovacs’ transformation into Rorschach.
On this page, the most noticeable colour is the dark orange at the top. Rorschach and doctor are sitting opposite each other in the jail’s consulting room with high walls painted in dark orange. Their chairs are right on the edge of the shadow. Though Rorschach is the prisoner, he sits up and calm while Doctor is leaning forward eagerly. In the panels under, doctor and Rorschach share the same expression, indifferent and restrained. Their expression forms a sharp contrast with the excited expression of newspaper seller. The newspaper seller neglects the front page news while doctor noticed that at the first glance. Interestingly, whereas Rorschach …show more content…
The fire-like colour of the high walls of the jail room suggests an intense and serious atmosphere haunting around their topics. It also foreshadows the starting plot of the uncovering of the causes of Kovacs’transformation, which matches the fire Rorschach sets when he turns into Rorschach from Kovacs. At the same time, the fire-like color may imply the heated atmosphere of a bloody ‘hot’ war in a broader sense. The shadow beside their sits, which covers half of their body, is suggesting their dangerous situation of falling into darkness totally. In the following panels, positive doctor shows the same expression as Rorschach, indifferent and restrained. Doctor perceives the forces turning Kovacs into Rorschach are some grimmer social elements. It is not just about people around Rorschach, it is the society triggered his problem. During his physio-analyzing process, Doctor is gradually falling into the abyss and taking on the world view similar to Rorschach’s. In the newsstand, compared to the emotional news seller, Doctor’s focus on the threatening news of the Russian’s invasion and the nuclear war that could break out at any moment. When he throws his little recurring green bottles which he holds all the time into the rubbish bin under the silhouette, Doctor recalls the devastating consequences
On this page, the most noticeable colour is the dark orange at the top. Rorschach and doctor are sitting opposite each other in the jail’s consulting room with high walls painted in dark orange. Their chairs are right on the edge of the shadow. Though Rorschach is the prisoner, he sits up and calm while Doctor is leaning forward eagerly. In the panels under, doctor and Rorschach share the same expression, indifferent and restrained. Their expression forms a sharp contrast with the excited expression of newspaper seller. The newspaper seller neglects the front page news while doctor noticed that at the first glance. Interestingly, whereas Rorschach …show more content…
The fire-like colour of the high walls of the jail room suggests an intense and serious atmosphere haunting around their topics. It also foreshadows the starting plot of the uncovering of the causes of Kovacs’transformation, which matches the fire Rorschach sets when he turns into Rorschach from Kovacs. At the same time, the fire-like color may imply the heated atmosphere of a bloody ‘hot’ war in a broader sense. The shadow beside their sits, which covers half of their body, is suggesting their dangerous situation of falling into darkness totally. In the following panels, positive doctor shows the same expression as Rorschach, indifferent and restrained. Doctor perceives the forces turning Kovacs into Rorschach are some grimmer social elements. It is not just about people around Rorschach, it is the society triggered his problem. During his physio-analyzing process, Doctor is gradually falling into the abyss and taking on the world view similar to Rorschach’s. In the newsstand, compared to the emotional news seller, Doctor’s focus on the threatening news of the Russian’s invasion and the nuclear war that could break out at any moment. When he throws his little recurring green bottles which he holds all the time into the rubbish bin under the silhouette, Doctor recalls the devastating consequences