Seven Theses: The Monster Theory

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The monster theory topic was another way of thinking about the watchmen story for me. The group assumed some main characters of the watchmen story as monster and tried to evaluate and analyses them using the monster theory “Seven Theses”. The group mentioned a clear thesis and continued to prove it throughout the presentation.
Most of characters chosen to present perfectly much the theses. For example, Dr. Osterman is perfect much for the 7th thesis considering following part of the definition of thesis which states “No matter how far the Monster is pushed to the boundaries of being seen as “Other,” it always comes back and tries to find a way to fit in with everyone else”. As we read the story, the character “Dr. Osterman” and later “Dr.

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