Dr. Manhattan ou Jon Osterman é um dos personagens principais de Watchmen.
Devido a um acidente com materiais nucleares, Dr Manhattan foi levado para fora da dimensão física, voltando com poderes divinos, incluindo força sobre-humana, telequinesia, a habilidade de se teletransportar ou outros e controlo sobre a matéria, sendo o único personagem com poderes. Além disso, pode compreender o passado, presente e futuro, como sendo algo que acontece ao mesmo tempo. Juntamente com o The Comedian, alistou-se no exército e esteve no Vietnam. Devido aos seus poderes, isto cria alguma distância relativamente a outros personagens do livro, não podendo criar grandes amizades.
O facto de Dr. Manhattan ser azul tem que ver com algumas das características que lhe estão associadas. Ao início intriguei-me sobre porque razão teria sido esta a cor escolhida e após alguma pesquisa descobri que a cor azul representa a verdade, a sabedoria, o céu, a eternidade, a devoção, tranquilidade, lealdade e transparência e podemos ver isto em Watchmen. A sua atitude calma e expressões comparáveis a Deus, através da linguagem corporal e linguagem, reflectem isso mesmo.
Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, is a character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen.
At sixteen years old, Osterman was fascinated by clocks (specifically, wristwatches) and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps by working in that area. His father, however, spurred by the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima, declared watchmakers outdated and pushed his son to pursue nuclear physics instead.
Jon does so and eventually ends up working in a particle physics experiment facility where an accident transform him into Dr. Manhattan. His body was disintegrated but his "intrinsic field" persisted and in a few month, he was able to build a body from himself. The accident gave him the power to manipulate all matter, the power of teleportation and to somehow influence the way he interacts with time - he seems to exist in all points of his timeline at once, experiencing them simultaneously.
It's particularly interesting that he's the only character with actual "super-powers", despite the revelation that psychics seem to exist in Watchmen's world, and this grants him an almost God-like status. As a result of his new perspective (seeing atoms, particles, and the intricate details of the working universe), his powers and the way he experiences time, Dr. Manhattan grows isolated from humankind.
On the one hand he still feels emotions and seems capable of feeling affection, but on the other hand he seems incapable of relating to human beings, of being empathetic, and there's a significant disconnect between him and any kind of morality. He seems governed by logic and facts while unable to grab abstract human concepts (or perhaps simply becoming indifferent and uncaring towards those same concepts).
The two most interesting things to me about this character are what he represents and his relation to time. He's quite obviously coded as the atomic bomb. The event that drives him to study atomic physics is (albeit indirectly) the atomic bomb dropping in Japan, his name is explicitly stated as a reference to the Manhattan Project and both his presence and his absence (later on in the novel) have severe repercussions to the ongoing conflict between world powers. And, of course, there’s the quote by Einstein at the end of the chapter that discloses his backstory.
I admit that the way in which he experiences time is a little harder to wrap my head around. He never seems to even attempt to alter the future, something that angers Laurie Juspeczyk (the second Silk Spectre) several times throughout the novel. He seems to believe in predestination and I initially assumed that it was merely the result of him experiencing the past, present and future simultaneously. It seems likely that would create a loop, at least from his perspective. But he never tries to alter anything. If he's living them all simultaneously then he's presently in all those situations, he could try changing his course of action. I'm not quite sure what would happen, but he still seems to have free will.
Then another thought occurred to me: in his background chapter, we learn that Osterman wasn't very assertive, but rather easily pushed into doing things - by his father, by Janey Slater, and by Laurie Juspeczyk and the US Government after his accident. It's possible that he's also being "pushed" by his timeline to obey by it.
Either way, it's rather funny, how such a frighteningly powerful character turns out to be almost powerless when it comes to his own life and choices (with the noticeable exceptions of chapters III and XII).
Sendo Doctor Mahnattan um físico nuclear, o seu nome foi inspirado no Projecto Manhattan, um projecto de pesquisa nuclear durante as Segunda Guerra Mundial cujpos trabalhos incluíram as bombas atómicas lançadas e m Hiroshima e Nagasaski nessa época. É representado com a cor azul fluorescente, o que faz lermbrasr um átomo. É dos personagens mais poderosos de Watchmen, o que representa o poder demonstrado na Segundas Guerra Mundial como já referidas bomba atómica. Pode moldar o seu corpo como quiser, não necessita de comer e beber e é imortal.
Uma das personagens intrigantes de The Watchmen é The Comedian. Começou por ser um homem que acreditou nos objectivos de uma sociedade mas que depressa viu quais eram: um engano. Ele é o retrato de uma sociedade e de tudo aquilo que ela é: consumista de guerra e sexo, sem fronteiras nem honra. e el dá-lhe precisamente o que ela quer, quall Andy Warhol. Demasiado hipócrita para perceber as atitudes de The Comedian, marginaliza-o embora não deixando de aceitar os seus serviços. Esta personagem tenta mais tarde encontrar apoio porque, sendo ostracizado pela sociedade, não consegue digerir toda a questão do consumismo voraz em que se encontra mergulhado. E aqui a referência ao palhaço: "Doctor says treatment is simple. Great Clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up". / man bursts into tears. Says," but doctor, I am Pagliacci"
Dr. Manhattan ou Jon Osterman é um dos personagens principais de Watchmen.
ResponderEliminarDevido a um acidente com materiais nucleares, Dr Manhattan foi levado para fora da dimensão física, voltando com poderes divinos, incluindo força sobre-humana, telequinesia, a habilidade de se teletransportar ou outros e controlo sobre a matéria, sendo o único personagem com poderes. Além disso, pode compreender o passado, presente e futuro, como sendo algo que acontece ao mesmo tempo.
Juntamente com o The Comedian, alistou-se no exército e esteve no Vietnam. Devido aos seus poderes, isto cria alguma distância relativamente a outros personagens do livro, não podendo criar grandes amizades.
O facto de Dr. Manhattan ser azul tem que ver com algumas das características que lhe estão associadas. Ao início intriguei-me sobre porque razão teria sido esta a cor escolhida e após alguma pesquisa descobri que a cor azul representa a verdade, a sabedoria, o céu, a eternidade, a devoção, tranquilidade, lealdade e transparência e podemos ver isto em Watchmen. A sua atitude calma e expressões comparáveis a Deus, através da linguagem corporal e linguagem, reflectem isso mesmo.
Carlos Henriques, nº46531
Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, is a character from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen.
ResponderEliminarAt sixteen years old, Osterman was fascinated by clocks (specifically, wristwatches) and wanted to follow in his father's footsteps by working in that area. His father, however, spurred by the atomic bomb dropping on Hiroshima, declared watchmakers outdated and pushed his son to pursue nuclear physics instead.
Jon does so and eventually ends up working in a particle physics experiment facility where an accident transform him into Dr. Manhattan. His body was disintegrated but his "intrinsic field" persisted and in a few month, he was able to build a body from himself. The accident gave him the power to manipulate all matter, the power of teleportation and to somehow influence the way he interacts with time - he seems to exist in all points of his timeline at once, experiencing them simultaneously.
It's particularly interesting that he's the only character with actual "super-powers", despite the revelation that psychics seem to exist in Watchmen's world, and this grants him an almost God-like status. As a result of his new perspective (seeing atoms, particles, and the intricate details of the working universe), his powers and the way he experiences time, Dr. Manhattan grows isolated from humankind.
On the one hand he still feels emotions and seems capable of feeling affection, but on the other hand he seems incapable of relating to human beings, of being empathetic, and there's a significant disconnect between him and any kind of morality. He seems governed by logic and facts while unable to grab abstract human concepts (or perhaps simply becoming indifferent and uncaring towards those same concepts).
The two most interesting things to me about this character are what he represents and his relation to time. He's quite obviously coded as the atomic bomb. The event that drives him to study atomic physics is (albeit indirectly) the atomic bomb dropping in Japan, his name is explicitly stated as a reference to the Manhattan Project and both his presence and his absence (later on in the novel) have severe repercussions to the ongoing conflict between world powers. And, of course, there’s the quote by Einstein at the end of the chapter that discloses his backstory.
I admit that the way in which he experiences time is a little harder to wrap my head around. He never seems to even attempt to alter the future, something that angers Laurie Juspeczyk (the second Silk Spectre) several times throughout the novel. He seems to believe in predestination and I initially assumed that it was merely the result of him experiencing the past, present and future simultaneously. It seems likely that would create a loop, at least from his perspective. But he never tries to alter anything. If he's living them all simultaneously then he's presently in all those situations, he could try changing his course of action. I'm not quite sure what would happen, but he still seems to have free will.
Then another thought occurred to me: in his background chapter, we learn that Osterman wasn't very assertive, but rather easily pushed into doing things - by his father, by Janey Slater, and by Laurie Juspeczyk and the US Government after his accident. It's possible that he's also being "pushed" by his timeline to obey by it.
Either way, it's rather funny, how such a frighteningly powerful character turns out to be almost powerless when it comes to his own life and choices (with the noticeable exceptions of chapters III and XII).
- Cláudia Fernandes, n. 52562
Sendo Doctor Mahnattan um físico nuclear, o seu nome foi inspirado no Projecto Manhattan, um projecto de pesquisa nuclear durante as Segunda Guerra Mundial cujpos trabalhos incluíram as bombas atómicas lançadas e m Hiroshima e Nagasaski nessa época.
ResponderEliminarÉ representado com a cor azul fluorescente, o que faz lermbrasr um átomo. É dos personagens mais poderosos de Watchmen, o que representa o poder demonstrado na Segundas Guerra Mundial como já referidas bomba atómica. Pode moldar o seu corpo como quiser, não necessita de comer e beber e é imortal.
Uma das personagens intrigantes de The Watchmen é The Comedian. Começou por ser um homem que acreditou nos objectivos de uma sociedade mas que depressa viu quais eram: um engano. Ele é o retrato de uma sociedade e de tudo aquilo que ela é: consumista de guerra e sexo, sem fronteiras nem honra. e el dá-lhe precisamente o que ela quer, quall Andy Warhol. Demasiado hipócrita para perceber as atitudes de The Comedian, marginaliza-o embora não deixando de aceitar os seus serviços.
ResponderEliminarEsta personagem tenta mais tarde encontrar apoio porque, sendo ostracizado pela sociedade, não consegue digerir toda a questão do consumismo voraz em que se encontra mergulhado. E aqui a referência ao palhaço:
"Doctor says treatment is simple. Great Clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up". / man bursts into tears. Says," but doctor, I am Pagliacci"
Marta Martins Ferreira, 48685