Gordon Bowker

In the last century there has been major changes to higher education. “Going to university, an experience confined to less than 2% of 18-year olds before the Second World War, is now almost a rite of passage for a third of young people in the UK. The present government aims to see half of all 18-30 year olds experiencing some form of higher education.”(Anon, 2015) As early as 1939 there was only 39 universities in Britain and a small number of 50,000 students attended. This was because…

Scene: When the Joker crashes Harvey Dent’s fundraiser and targets Rachael Dawes because no one knows where Harvey is. The 360 degree turn of the camera emphasizes Rachel’s struggle to over power the Joker and his struggle to maintain it. The Joker has his knife at Rachel 's mouth to not only show his dominance to her but to how that while he looks silly dressed like a clown, he is serious. While he knows that the rich guests are not scared of him, a criminal, he does not try to instill the…

The dark knight is a movie about how one man thinks he can rid an entire city of criminals. With help from the police Chief Commissioner Gordon, as well as the new district attorney Harvey Dent, they start putting hundreds of criminals behind bars. Whilst this is going on a new criminal is unveiled known as the joker, a criminal the likes of which Gotham has never seen. He is much smarter, much dirtier than any other villain before him because unlike the others, he has no rules, he has no motive…

life, to be a regular citizen who loves his girl, but he is Exceptional as a result of his remarkable abilities. The final climax of the movie wasn’t a typical fight between the hero and the villain, but rather against batman and the commissioner Gordon and Harvey Dent. Three men who made an unstable union against the mob and Joker. Each of whom had violate their good morals and the laws in the name of the greater good, solely to be left with the personal, ethical, and in Harvey’s case physical…

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…

In Nolan 's The Dark Knight, the Joker disrupts the order in Gotham City when he has district attorney, Harvey Dent, and his girlfriend Rachel set up to explosives. While being saved by Batman, and after realizing Rachel will die when commissioner Gordon is too late to save her, half of Dent 's body is ignited by the explosion, leaving him with horrific scars. This mutilation, combined with Rachel 's murder, leads Dent to start causing chaos in Gotham . Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s…

The hero myth is a very inspirational tale, which tells the story of how a hero is born. The hero myth gives a deeper insight in heroes, so that we can get a better understanding what it takes to be a hero. I was drawn from the reading, which got me thinking about the superhero I readied about, but truly couldn’t understand them, and can they truly be considered a hero. In the book Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, I will be using the hero 's myth to breakdown, whether Batman is fit to be the…

researched the original introductions of popular villains from the comic book, including the Joker and Two-Face. Summary of the film As the sequel to Batman Begins, Batman, Harvey Dent (the newly elected District Attorney), and Lieutenant James Gordon continue their fight in protecting the streets of Gotham City from any criminals. The villain of the film, the Joker, is determined to cause havoc for Batman and the city of Gotham. Through protecting Gotham and keeping up with the Joker, Batman…

Heroes have never been a shortcoming in stories. This includes the Babylonian Myth The Epic of Gilgamesh. However, the type of heroes in modern day culture compared to the one in 1200 BCE are a tad different. When comparing The Epic of Gilgamesh to The Dark Knight version of Batman, the story lines share a lot of similarities. Even with three centuries between the time the tales were told, the themes are parallel. For example, both protagonists have experienced abnormal childhood circumstances,…

My memories are bleak, I have little recollection of the events that lead my friend, Montresor, to chain me within this recess. I remember I saw Montresor at the height of Carnival, dressed in a dark grey robe. I approached him, and he greeted me with a smile. I just assumed that he wasn’t mad about what I had said. This surprises me now, but then I had enough alcohol that it seemed as if everything were fine. After some conversation, he said that he received a pipe of amontillado, yet he didn’t…