In Alan Moore’s giraphic novel, The Killing Joke, the Joker reveals to Batman how he really does not know what happened to him and how he lost his sanity. But if he were to have a past, he would prefer it to be multiple choice. His confession to Batman contains a great deal of irony because there can be so many interpretations of what all the little details in the picture of him really could symbolize. However, the answer to his multiple choice question probably would not be what people expect it to be. The answer would be all of the above. Just like any other person when they are still sane, it takes an incredible amount to break them. With this in mind, the Joker losing his mind was caused by many factors. The Joker in the picture became
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In The Killing Joke, he fell into a vat of chemicals and received all of the damage to his body. The mangled green hair, blood colored lips, and senseless eyes make him stand out among others. Since he looks the way he does, people would reject him and neglect him. Rejection and neglect from society will result in a person being broken after an extended period of time. Furthermore, his ghostly white skin can prove he was in some sort of disastrous accident. The chemicals he found himself in could cause his face to turn into the pure white color. Joker has what looks like to be the chemical dripping off from his chin and hands. He also has blood seeping out of his eye sockets. One way for someone to have blood dripping out of their eyes would be from having chemicals thrown at them. When someone experiences something as traumatic as the Joker did, they would change as he did, maybe even go insane. The Joker in the picture could have also been driven mad by losing someone he loves very much. In Killing, The Joker ends up being approached by two officers before his job with the mobsters. They tell him his wife and unborn child were killed in a tragic accident. Losing a person who’s very close to someone can be the biggest emotional devastation someone can
In The Killing Joke, he fell into a vat of chemicals and received all of the damage to his body. The mangled green hair, blood colored lips, and senseless eyes make him stand out among others. Since he looks the way he does, people would reject him and neglect him. Rejection and neglect from society will result in a person being broken after an extended period of time. Furthermore, his ghostly white skin can prove he was in some sort of disastrous accident. The chemicals he found himself in could cause his face to turn into the pure white color. Joker has what looks like to be the chemical dripping off from his chin and hands. He also has blood seeping out of his eye sockets. One way for someone to have blood dripping out of their eyes would be from having chemicals thrown at them. When someone experiences something as traumatic as the Joker did, they would change as he did, maybe even go insane. The Joker in the picture could have also been driven mad by losing someone he loves very much. In Killing, The Joker ends up being approached by two officers before his job with the mobsters. They tell him his wife and unborn child were killed in a tragic accident. Losing a person who’s very close to someone can be the biggest emotional devastation someone can