Gratitude

"Gratitude" (Chapt. 7, page 28, 7th panel)

Chapter seven starts with an image of Hollis Mason's mini-statue to foreshadow his death. The foreground of the last panel in the chapter shows this statue again, while trick-or-treaters in the background look onto Hollis Mason's dead body. This death scene is very powerful because it captures the theme of underappreciation for the masked heroes. During the Minute Men's time Hollis Mason was idolized for his reinforcement, but killed by the people he once tryed to help. Another example of this theme is that Veidt thinks he will be honored for his bold extermination, but is instead concidered a vandal. People's opinon of what is right differs so drastically that it makes it hard for a person to help others because that person may not have the same opinion of what is right as the other.