The joker is portrayed as a lying
psychopath in the Dark Knight. However, he is the hero in the film due to different
reasons. Before the Joker, Gotham is characterized by madness, rampant crime,
and corruption of the majority of the city officials (Lesnick 12).
The city is a mess and most of the sections are not operational due to the
chaotic situation. However, with the introduction of the Joker in a short
period, crime rate went down completely, corruption was no more because the
corrupt were killed or imprisoned. The Joker was behind the transformation of
Gotham in the shortest period possible. The Joker collaborates with other great
men to save the soul of Gotham in the best way possible. He goes to the extent
of robbing a mafia-controlled bank because it is the only way to ensure that
the entire team of expert bank robbers is eliminated. He robs the bank to lure
a criminal from the hiding, which is depicted as a brave act.
The
joker manages to put in place a team of experts who worked together for the
good of Gotham. At the end of the film, Gotham is clean and free of vices. It
cannot be associated as Batman’s achievements or any other heroes such as
Harvey. The safety of Gotham can be credited to the Joker who was responsible
for the cleaning up the streets, eliminating the corrupt, and destroying the
organized crimes in the financial sector. He declared himself the protector of
Gotham and he managed to achieve his goals at the end.
Work Cited
Lesnick, Silas. IESB Exclusive: Heath Ledger Talks the Joker. The Movie Reporter. Web. April
17, 2016.
The Dark Knight. Dir. Christopher Nolan. Perf. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron
Eckhart. 2008. Warner Bros., 2008. Film.
Ahmad, I really like the way you chose to take this blog and how you chose to side with the fact that the joker should be seen as the hero. The side you chose to go with is a bold one and is hard to prove whether or not the joker should be seen as a hero based on his actions to clean out the city of Gotham. The joker is a smart character and with that it is no doubt in my eyes that he should be credited for a little for the cleaning up of the city. The joker used his smart to turn the city against themselves and show that the people would not kill each other and that brought the city way closer all because of the joker good job.
ReplyDeleteAhmad, I really enjoyed your blog. You used great examples and information to get your claim through to your audience. The side you chose about the Joker was very interesting to me about your ideas of why the Joker was considered the Hero in The Dark Knight film. I really enjoyed learning about your thoughts on the Joker and the evidence you used to support them. Your citations also look good along with your works cited. Overall, I think you did a very nice job on your blog as always. Great work Ahmad!
ReplyDeleteAhmad, I am not really seeing a specific example from the film here. I also think you might be misreading the ideas here a little. I don't think the film shows the Joker putting in place a team of experts who then work for the betterment of Gotham. I think it would be better to say he manipulates a number of people to make them work towards the betterment of Gotham if you want to argue that.
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