Batman's Journey

The Hero Gotham Deserves “Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.” (Christopher Nolan) In The Dark Knight, Batman is the hero of Gotham. Batman is Bruce Wayne’s identity as he fights crime to protect Gotham in Nolan’s trilogy. Bruce Wayne was born a hero, he was raised the way a hero is and lived the life of a hero. There is no doubt in my mind my argument will be convincing in this case. When one searches for the definition of “hero” in the dictionary, one finds definitions of the term such as: “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble
They usually deliver words of wisdom that can be become anyone’s motto. Among them we can find Dumbledore, Yoda, Miyagi and Haymitch. Bruce Wayne’s journey is positively endowed with mentors. The most obvious option would be his father, commonly any boy’s role model. His life was short, and his company to Bruce even more, but his presence endured the test of time. His strong words clearly rang in his son’s mind for the rest of his life. Thomas Wayne was a rich man, who loved his family. He was a philanthropist who believed in peace. His last words to Bruce were “Bruce, don’t be afraid.”, and in retrospect these are words he strongly lived by. Another mentor of Wayne is Henri Ducard, Ra’s Al Ghul. It was this man who drove Bruce to becoming Batman, he challenged him to embrace his fears. Ducard trained him to become the machine of crime-fighting he later becomes when he faces the Joker. Ducard’s presence in the story is brief, but without him Bruce Wayne wouldn't have found Batman in himself. Bruce Wayne encounters this darkness and embraces it, but he struggles to find his balance. This brings up the final, and most important mentor in his life, Alfred Pennyworth. Alfred’s job is to butler for Bruce, but he represents much more than any of that. Alfred was there for Bruce after his parents were murdered and took care of him. Alfred provides wisdom to Bruce when he
This can be presented as material or emotional. Heroic sacrifices are classical. Like Gandalf the Grey’s first death as he fights the fierce Balrog to let the rest of the Fellowship flee or when the T-800 had himself lowered into the pit of molten metal to save humanity from future terminators in the end of Terminator 2. Bruce Wayne makes numerous amounts of sacrifices to become Batman. As a fighter of crime, he constantly puts his body on the line every time he goes out to the streets of Gotham to deal with the its scum. He gets beaten with steel pipes, poisoned, shot and even mauled by large dogs. Bruce also invests millions of dollars into his crime-fighting to design and build extremely effective tools and weapons for his purpose. Emotionally, the sacrifices he made were important. As long as he was Batman, the woman he loved truly could never be a part of his life. Bruce traded the man he used to be to become a man who can make a change Gotham. ”No, this is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.” (Rachel Dawes). Rachel loved the man Bruce used to be, and even so, they could never be together because Bruce could never see her get hurt because of him. Regardless, this happens eventually. The