Barbara Gordon

In the essay “Barbara Gordon and Moral Perfectionism,” James B. South makes a point that to reach moral perfection that person needs an “exemplar” (South 90) or mentor to model themselves after but ultimately they need to find their own version of moral perfection. This is a path that many people try to follow but there is always another level to achieve a higher understanding of morality. South goes into how Barbara becomes Batgirl when she saves Bruce Wayne from a villain that crashed a costume

In today’s time and age, I don’t think we will come across anyone, who is oblivious of the legendary pair of a hero and a villain; batman and the joker. Those who haven’t read the comics, must have watched at least a few of the movies that are based on these characters. Batman is seen as the hero. The joker is seen as a villain. There are a lot of variations in the stories involving these two as it has been incarnated a lot times, but their characters remain the same. The relationship between these

Bat’s I see bat’s everywhere. You may have heard of this phrase before its joker’s infamous phrase. I’ve known joker for a very long time, so I know a lot about joker. Next time you hear a psychotic laugh it could be joker. I will be talking about joker’s creation, personal life, and his enemies. First let’s talk about how joker was created. Joker quits his job as a lab assistant, and works as a bad comedian to support his pregnant wife, when his wife passes away he agrees to help mobsters as the

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The government can be responsible because they requested help from Batman, which as mentioned above, makes him an agent of the government. This leads us to the scenario where Batman will be responsible, but the problem is that Batman is not a legal person; he is a fictional person and the alter ego of Bruce Wayne. Fictional persons cannot be held responsible because courts have not recognized them as persons in the context of legal responsibility. The next candidate on the list is Bruce Wayne. Now

continues his effort as the story unravels in a later scene where The Joker captures Gordon and shows him photographs of Barbara, who is gravely wounded and stripped naked. Moore vividly illustrates Gordon’s anger and shock, causing the readers to sympathize with his feeling of despair and perceive that The Joker’s plan to force Gordon “into a psychotic break” (Wooldridge) may be succeeding.  In this scene, The Joker has Gordon trapped on his Ghost Train ride, Gordon’s face in shock as it dawns on him that

similar despite differences in events. In the case of Barbara Gordon, while the event may vary, her physical and mental trauma can be compared to America’s fear of its forfeiture of power to terror and the loss of the towers after September 11, 2001. Trauma is about more than just the physical ramifications; when the physical aspect is fixed, Barbara’s legs and the building of the 1 World Trade Center, the mental and emotional trauma still remain. Barbara was far from helpless prior to Alan Moore’s The

but she made her appearance as Oracle in Batman Arkham Knight game. Her real name was Barbara Gordon, daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon. Earlier, as a Batgirl, she used to fight against crime with his fighting ability. But In the game when Joker (The main antagonist of Batman) shot Barbara and then torture her in front of her father, the former police commissioner of the GCPD. Barbara Gordon somehow manages to survive that terrible moment of her life, but she becomes paralyzed

reasons, Alan Moore’s legendary story has withstood the test of time, most notably because it changed the very foundation of the Batman universe – as it humanized The Joker by giving him an origin story and shocked readers when events crippled Barbara Gordon. Thus, it comes as no surprise that a popular story like The Killing Joke is finally receiving the animated treatment – you know, since not every great storyline can find its way into the live-action cinematic universe. In any event, other storylines

These relationships with characters such as Joker, Robin and Barbara Gordon have evolved throughout the story as Batman character changes while revealing many psychological phenomena that can also be seen in human interaction. The movie shows what a persons behavior would most likely be like if they experienced that type