Sometimes, things happen in such a manner or in close proximity to each other on accident, but it seems like there was a reason for it. Sometimes, those things are strategically placed next to each other for a specific purpose. Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, is a graphic novel filled with positional rhetorical strategies. The novel portrays the narrative of has-been superheroes living what is supposed to be normal lives until someone starts "killing off masks  as it is described in the novel. The search for the person responsible for the murder, attempted assassination and framing of the once-heroes leads to the development of a narrative that utilizes juxtaposition to introduce conflict, aid in characterization “ and ultimately the identification of dynamic characters “ and an element that provides context for the audience to foreshadow. The obvious separation between hero life and everyday life serves to deviate from the traditional superhero narrative, largely due to the social context of the novel, and moreover the context in which Moore and Gibbons created the novel. In a time when the world needed heroes, the novel depicts a place where superheroes are outlawed, and the best known heroes are being removed. Moore and Gibbons use the rhetorical element of juxtaposition to ultimately show how the context “ both social and historical “ changes the characters, effectively criticizing the time period that the authors were living in when the novel was written. Watchmen was written during a time when the United States of America, and the entire world, essentially, was not at its best. Freshly removed from the Vietnam War, the United States was then fully engaged in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union in the midst of the Cold War, which was less of a war and more of the constant threat of war. This lead to the people of the countries involved with anxiety that nuclear war could break out at any time. In Watchmen, American citizens speculate that a World War III is coming, and experience a great deal of stress. Additionally, The American economy was experiencing its worst recession in decades, which always leaves people uneasy. The fictional context of the graphic novel is developed parallel to the historical and social context of the real world, which is seen in the constant talks of World War III and "Nixonomics  which runs parallel to the real world concept of "Reaganomics  (8.2). Watchmen is therefore established in a contextual theme of crime, increases technology, especially in warfare, and perpetual apprehension. As a narrative, Watchmen is centered on the obsession of one character, Rorschach, with finding the person responsible for the suspected killing off heroes, or as he puts it, "eliminating masks  (1.22). This comes during a time when vigilantism was outlawed by the Keene Act of 1977, making it illegal for non-government agents to fight crime, forcing the long time superheroes into a normal lifestyle. However, Rorschach begins his investigation, any