Batman Hero's Journey Analysis

Every single movie follows the same outline. They follow what is called the Hero's Journey. . Batman Begins shows the journey of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman. It starts at a young age when his parents were shot in front of him in crime alley. He goes through a lot of training so that he can fight better and protect Gotham from criminals. He chooses a bat as his symbol sense he is afraid of them and wants the criminals to be scared of him. In the movie Batman Begins Bruce goes through all the stages of the Hero's Journey on his journey to become Batman while he fights his epic flaw which holds him back. Bruce starts his Hero's Journey in the ordinary world, has a call to adventure by a mentor and accepts it. Bruce's ordinary world is Gotham …show more content…
Henri is a well-groomed man about 6ft with a beard and somewhat short hair. He is a shepherd mentor since he doesn’t have magical powers or is a hermit. Also, their organization is called the League of Shadows and their leader is Ras al Ghul. Henri goes through the ways of the ninja, how to use smoke bombs, and how to hide out of sight. Henri explains to Bruce that Criminals don’t deserve justice or to live. Bruce disagrees so he takes what he learns and leaves. While Bruce was training with Henri they wouldn't just let him leave until he is a ninja. So, he had to train to have the ability to leave the temple. Bruce has 3 main villains in the movie the League of Shadows, Scarecrow, and the Mafia of Gotham. They all hate him because he blew up the base for the league of shadows, he put most of the Gotham mafia in jail, and finally he found out that scarecrow is smuggling in fear toxin. His only allies are Jim Gordon the commissioner of the Gcpd, His butler Alfred who raised him, Rachel Dawse a defense attorney who made sure the mafia stayed in prison, and finally Lucios Fox the head of the Applied sciences department in Wayne enterprises. Bruce's tests. were given to him by Ras Al Ghul while he trained with him at the League of Shadows. He had to face his fear of bats that way he can be fearless. Next, he learned to use smoke bombs that way he is able to be sneaky and escape from criminals. When Bruce returns …show more content…
The League spreads the fear toxin throughout the city which makes every freak out. So, Bruce has to fight his old mentor Henri on the train they are distributing it on. The battle is intense with two trading blows so equally matched until Bruce gets the upper hand and crashes the train with Henri still on it. This finally ends the threat of the League of Shadows for good. The police start rounding up the criminals while the antidote is passed out to all of the affected citizens. Bruce gains the trust of the citizens of Gotham as Batman. Also, he gets his family company back from the previous board members. Bruce starts to rebuild his mansion which was burned down in the final battle. Also, he invests money to rebuild and clean up Gotham. Batman has forever changed Gotham and the citizens have hope once