{"id":53,"date":"2010-10-06T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/2010\/10\/06\/batman-an-unusual-super-hero\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T14:35:09","slug":"batman-an-unusual-super-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/2010\/10\/06\/batman-an-unusual-super-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: An Unusual Super Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2177969364_b2b06052631.jpg\"Batman is one of the worlds most famous and favored superheroes, but he is also once of the most unusual.\u00a0 Appearing in comics, television, and major motion pictures, Batman hides behind the identity of Bruce Wayne, a playboy billionaire and industrial tycoon.\u00a0 As a child, Wayne witnessed both his parents murdered in front of him and vowed to revenge their deaths by fighting crime.\u00a0 Undergoing a journey for both physical and mental excellence, Wayne transformed himself into the dark hooded and caped Batman.\u00a0 Batman's transformation into a hero is unique as it is relatively realistic and purely self-motivated.<\/p>\n

Unlike Spiderman, who was bitten by a radioactive spider, or Superman who was secretly an alien from another planet, Batman is a regular human being who's personal drive and rigorous mental and physical perfection allow him to achieve superhero power.\u00a0 Batman's foremost qualities include wealth, physical strength, intelligence, and obsessive passion.\u00a0 Void of fictional circumstances or characteristics, Batman is admirable, inspirational, but most of relatable as he is a man at his greatest.\u00a0 \"bruce-wayne.jpg\"As quoted in the 2005 film “Batman Begins,”: "if you make yourself more then just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal then you become something else entirely."<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to his super strength, Batman is a superhero because of his unwavering moral compass.\u00a0 Batman lives in the fictional American town of Gotham city, a metropolis plagued by crime, greed, and corruption.\u00a0 Within Gotham, Batman fights crime by combating criminals like the Joker, Two-Faced, Catwoman, and the Penguin, head on.\u00a0 More importantly however, Batman fights crime by standing as a symbol of hope for ordinary citizens that they do not need to be afraid.\u00a0 As identified by Joseph Campbell in his novel "A Hero with a Thousand Faces", individuals who refuse their call to adventure or heroism do so because of fear.\u00a0 As an ordinary man who chooses to step up and fight crime, Batman overcomes this fear at an individual level and his example encourages society to do the same.\u00a0 As a superhero, Batman continues to be unique as he is a very dark figure.<\/p>\n

Often referred to as the masked vigilantly, Batman is frightening and intimidating in the manner befitting a villain.\u00a0 Frequently accused of being a criminal himself by the citizens of Gotham, Batman is not afraid to break the law to achieve a higher goal.\u00a0 As depicted in the film “The Dark Knight,” Batman also allows himself to be hated by the society he serves.\u00a0 Foregoing all self-aggrandizement, Batman does not look for the love and admiration given most super heroes.\u00a0 Instead he claims that by not being a hero he can be something more.\u00a0 Living like an outcast, Batman is the \u20ac\u02dcWatchful Protector', a benevolent godlike force looking out for society.\u00a0 Unconcerned with glory or recognition, Batman is purely motivated by bestowing a boon on his fellow man.\u00a0 Batman believes society is capable of justice and this motivates him to fight crime. When Gotham is overrun with corruption and greed, Batman still sees the potential for good in people and refuses to let society consume itself.\u00a0 Society is supposed to see the good in the hero, but with Batman he sees the good in society.\u00a0 Batman symbolizes a hero's most important role, the ability to believe in others when they have stopped believing in themselves and with this faith inspire them for change.<\/p>\n

Below is the trailer for Batman Begins which describes the origin of Batman:<\/em>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m7dapUWHykw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Batman is one of the worlds most famous and favored superheroes, but he is also once of the most unusual.\u00a0 Appearing in comics, television, and major motion pictures, Batman hides behind the identity of Bruce Wayne, a playboy billionaire and industrial tycoon.\u00a0 As a child, Wayne witnessed both his parents murdered in front of him … Continue reading Batman: An Unusual Super Hero<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1344,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mila"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/psyc449\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}