Watchmen, America Won The Vietnam War: Character Analysis

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satisfied. When she is done with him, she moves on to Dan and becomes sexually active with him.
In Watchmen, America won the Vietnam War. In this alternative reality, women’s liberation did not happen. Laurie is representative of this. She is being used as a sexual object and it is okay. In our reality, women fought to change this. Also, in the novel, Laurie has some sort of crack pipe. After the Vietnam War, drugs were focused on. Laurie is out in the open smoking like it is perfectly legal.
Dan Dreiberg is the second Nite Owl. The first Was Hollis Manson. Hollis is portrayed as the all-around good guy. He is often compared to Rorschach. They both hold the same type of 1950s traditional values. However, were Rorschach will execute any criminal,

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