The Joker Quotes

Another common thing that the Joker does is that he attempts to conceal the true reasons for his actions. In other words, the Joker uses defense mechanisms to distance himself from reality as a means to protect himself from the horrid things he has done (Friedman & Schustack, 2009). He demonstrates the specific defence mechanism of rationalization and he does this by trying to justify murdering Harvey Dent's, a pivotal character to the film's plot, girlfriend. He explains to Dent that her death was not his fault and he does such things (i.e., killing innocent people) to show others how pathetic they are for believing that they have control in their lives “ “ (De La Noy & Nolan,

Batman contradicts his morals while he is fighting the mutant leader and when he is about to shoot him he stops himself with “though that means crossing a line I drew for myself thirty years ago”. While Batman did not kill the mutant leader, earlier on Batman shoots a mutant grunt with a machine gun and faded blood is splattered behind the criminal holding a baby captive (Miller, 64). Later on in the novel Batman says to the joker “a gun is a coward’s weapon, a liars weapon” (Miller, 149). Batman has power to stick to his morals, to take on the evil of Gotham City, and to make the decision to deliver justice no matter whose side of the law he is. However, in the novel he has clearly stated that killing someone crosses his morals and that he despises guns yet he uses them to kill criminals. Batman crosses his golden rule of not killing criminals and shows that he will go above his own moral code of justice.

The Disappearance Do Not Write Here Have you ever heard of the Mafia? Do you know what they do? Did they do something to Hoffa? Do Not Write Here Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance is still yet to be discovered as you are about to learn background. Hoffa was born to a poor coal miner in 1913.

The Joker has no alter ego. He walks around the way he is with his deformed face full of scars and in some versions, with his bright colored hair and bleached skin, always with that maniac, chilling laughter which always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He has no personal agenda to all the brutality he inflicts, no thirst for revenge or materialistic goals made him reach this point. He lives to dismantle the codes the society lives by and all he hopes for is to rip apart the expected codes of morality, so the people can then be free of any faith, any belief of right or wrong. He creates situations for the people of his town

In “Superman and Me”, Sherman Alexie shows that low expectations rarely lead to success. Sherman says about himself, “He reads Grapes of Wrath in kindergarten, while other kids are struggling with Dick and Jane.” This shows that at a young age Sherman was excelling at reading and at school. Sherman did not set low expectations for himself, which many high school students do, and went beyond what was expected. Another quote is when Sherman says, “We were Indian children who were expected to be stupid.” Sherman never cared about the stereotypes other people thought of him. He always set the bar high for himself, which many high school students and teenagers do not do. As he kept setting his expectations higher and higher he achieved greater and

As a child, I vividly remembering watching the movie, “It”. I remember this insignificant event clearly for one reason. It kept me up for days because I was so terrified by the film. “It” was originally a horror novel written by Steven King but was also released into a movie. Every great horror movie has a villain or monster and the monster in “It” goes by the name pennywise the clown. Pennywise the Clown induces fear in me and millions of others because his traits closely resemble those of Cohen’s seven thesis which define what make a monster.

With authors Mark D. White and Robert Arp’s knowledge of science, economics, philosophy and ethics they help us analyze ethical approaches to real-world issues by arguing for the value of pop culture. White and Arp do a great job relating Batman’s relationship with the Joker to America’s choice to torture. This comes together with the quote by Galeano because they both show an underlying meaning of the ethics behind issues with terror and torture. If Batman is to kill the Joker, there would be many different reasons as to why it is not acceptable. One being that since the Joker is a human, it would not be morally okay to kill him. Another reason is that Batman would then have the character of someone who kills their enemy. Although killing an enemy is sometimes glorified, when you look at the bigger picture it will show more about that person’s mentality than you would think. Like the quote says, the purpose of torture is not to gain information, but to spread fear.

The environment, and the people that have influence on one’s life, have an impact upon whether one is good or evil. In The Dark Knight, Harvey Dent, the attorney of Gotham, possesses the desire to do good in the city, by fighting to make Gotham a better place. He is known as “The White Knight,” thus people look up to him as he lives a life within the bounds of law, and only believes in what is the right thing to do. Hence, during this time Dent’s inner

The joker has many good reasons and bad reasons to kill or not to kill someone. For example in the movie suicide squad he was going to leave Harley Quinn for her death but then he jumped in and saved her. Even though she did become just like the joker or even worse, the joker did save her life. From time to time the joker shows kindness to Harley Quinn but there relationship is usually abusive. The joker does have his times when he is very evil to everyone but he does end up having a spot for Harley witch should be considered nice.

Morality is a recurrent motivational theme in Christopher’s Nolan version of the hero. According to many of the Joker’s action, he clearly acts upon immorality as opposed to its contrary. However, how can Batman’s actions be viewed? He is, like the villain, highly skilled in what he does, but still is an outlaw. Although one is an agent of chaos and the other of justice, the joker can be seen as a logical response to Batman. Alfred made a similar point arguing that in desperation of the justice-maker criminals turned to someone that they didn’t fully understand. Although Batman is viewed on the positive side, to which extent can individual break the law to follow his own justice. Through these various interactions of morality interplay, the

Joker intends to make Batman be like him, a killer. Joker doesn’t seem to comprehend Batman’s morality and seeks to see the errors in his morals. Knowing so well that Batman can't kill, Joker goes ahead and kills Batman's close associate Jason Todd and shoots Gordon’s daughter Barbra (White 5-16). Joker then tortures Gordon before he is rescued by Batman when he subdues him. Batman offers to rehabilitate Joker and end their long-time enmity.

Nobody in society wants to be labeled “evil,” so the Joker tries to seduce people into abandoning their moral foundations and commit acts they’d never envision themselves doing, by corrupting their understanding of “goodness.” This mischievous passion for breaking down people’s confidence in the division between good and evil is exactly what makes the Joker so intriguing. He doesn't just combat good with evil, he shatters the entire concept. He exists to coerce Batman, and everyone else in Gotham, into violating their own moral boundaries, thus showing how shaky their concept of “good” really is. Ultimately, Batman wins the altercation, but it’s Joker who wins the argument. His objective seems to show us that our pretenses of morality are fake, and that we’re a whole lot more self-absorbed than we let

Dark Night takes the concept of good and destroys by showing inconsistencies within Batman and showing signs of the mental break with the joker. Changing the heart left the story of where the Jokers scars come from. This allows for the audience to feel bad for the joker and ponder upon the idea that he just wants to make friends because he is nothing who believes in nothing. Batman is a paradox on his own because what is order with force, but he does it for the mortal benefit of the city. Whether “The Dark Knight” meant it or not, it showed its audience the capacity of the blurred lines of good and

In the Dark Knight, the Joker did not prevail in showing that the city of Gotham was Nihilistic. The practice of Nihilism is that of showing how the world has no morals and or beliefs that matter or are true. The Joker, an active Nihilist, or one that takes action upon his feelings, is looking to prove that nothing matter in the city of Gotham. He puts the people of Gotham through many dilemmas and situations in which the Joker was looking forwards to prove and show accuracy of his beliefs. The city of Gotham, the Gotham City Police Department or (GCPD), and Batman succeed and prevail, not falling back on their morals which include Batman’s one rule, which he does not break, which is “(Batman) never kill(s).” Overall, three situations that show the Joker’s defeat are the ferryboat situation, Batman not killing the Joker, and Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face in which Harvey Dent “dies a hero, or lives long enough to see himself become the villain.”

There are two main characters that the storyline revolves around, Batman and the Joker. Batman serves as the guardian of Gotham City. The Joker, however, stands as the villain who strives to create a world of chaos. Hobbes’ theory on state of nature says that society is the sole reason that humans act civilized. Hobbes’ believes in the “state of war,”, which is a way of life that is proven to be brutal and short. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that people have the natural capability to do evil. While he attempts to prove this throughout his many twisted plans, he is driven to eliminate the one thing that keeps Gotham City from turning hopeless and chaotic, Batman. Without its protector, Gotham City would soon turn to a “state of war.” Hobbes’ also says, “Fear makes natural man want to escape the