Plot Summary Of 'Two-Face: Part One'

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“I believe in Harvey dent.” (Loeb J. and Sale T. 1996-1997). In “Two-face: part one” begins with a figure cloaked in shadows flipping a coin into the air with a sinister message for the District Attorney: “it’s time”. Harvey wakes up to his aide Carlos repeating the same words as the man in the shadows notifying that a raid on a building owned by the notorious gangster Rupert Thorne is about to commence. With Batman’s help, the GCPD is able to arrest some of Throne’s goons, although when one of Thorne’s goons threatens Harvey and kicks mud onto his white suit, he triggers Harvey’s alternative personality Big Bad Harv. Encircled by TV crews, Commissioner Gordan prevents Harvey from doing any real damage to his reputation, although there is obviously something wrong with Harvey, he has a switch that’s being easier and easier to switch.
At a Bruce Wayne-funded fundraiser for Harvey’s campaign to become reelected, Bruce notices that Big Bad Harv could become a serious problem when Harvey is informed that Thorne’s goons were released from custody. When Harvey turns on his aide unsuspecting and innocent Carlos and then he turns on Bruce who is only trying to calm him down, but he is finally calmed down by his fiancé Grace who comes to Harvey’s aid.
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According to Traumadissociation.com, it states that disociative identity disorder can stem from “overwhelming experiences, traumatic events, and/or abuse occurring in childhood” and that “The child's repeated, overwhelming experiences usually occur alongside disturbed or disrupted attachment between the parent/caregiver and the child. Dissociative Identity Disorder is often, but not always, caused by early child abuse (including neglect and the failure to respond to the

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