Friday, July 3, 2009
Do I sympathize with the joker?
I would sympathize with the joker. After being involved in a theft incident, later ruined by Batman, he fell into a vat of chemical waste. He emerged with bleached white skin, red lips, green hair and a permanent grin.
I would sympathize with the joker. After being involved in a theft incident, later ruined by Batman, he fell into a vat of chemical waste. He emerged with bleached white skin, red lips, green hair and a permanent grin.
Joker was formerly an engineer at a chemical plant who resigned from his job to become a stand-up comedian, only to fail miserably. Desperate to support his pregnant wife, Jeannie, he agrees to help two criminals break into the plant where he was formerly employed to get to the card company next door. During the planning, police contact him and inform him that his wife and unborn child have died in a household accident.
Overcome with sorrow and agony, he attempts to withdraw from the plan, but the criminals strong-arm him into not breaking his promise. As soon as they enter the plant, however, they are immediately caught by security and a shoot-out breaks out, in which the two criminals are killed. As the engineer tries to escape, he is confronted by Batman, who is investigating the disturbance. Terrified and shocked, the engineer leaps over a rail and plummets into a vat of chemicals. When he surfaces in the nearby reservoir, he removes the hood he was wearing and sees his reflection: bleached chalk-white skin, ruby-red lips, and bright green hair. These events, with his other misfortunes that day, drove the engineer completely insane, resulting in the birth of the cunning and intelligent Joker.
He alone was perplexed as to what actually happened; as he says in The Killing Joke, "Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another... if I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice! Ha Ha Ha!" For this, I would sympathize with the Joker for his misdoings as he is not to be blamed fully.
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What have you learnt from this lesson?
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What have you learnt from this lesson?
People are not to be completely judged by their appearances and we must not underestimate their power and abilities. As the saying goes, do not judge a book by its cover, and this is indeed true. Also, we should refrain from using underhand means to achieve our goals. Also, we should not only just see the person in one perspective, but in a few. People may seem different in a variety of views and we should not jump to conclusions before understanding the entire situation. Finally, we should learn that to err is human and everyone makes mistakes. However, after making our mistake, we should try to learn to make amendments and not let history repeat itself.
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9:35 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Cherie, good to see some research done on The Joker's past. Quite a traumatic past he has had isn't it and causes us to feel some sympathy for him. He does not seem to experience any love or warmth, which possibly has led him to what he is today.
BUT, does this mean that he is absolved of his crimes?
I like what you said about taking on more than 1 perspective to look at issues. This will allow us to have a better understanding of issues and of people, instead of just narrowly coming to conclusions or falling back on stereotypes.
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July 14, 2009 at 4:08 AM