The Dark Knight

things truly do fall apart. Okonkwo did not understand his roots at a proper time, and all hell breaks loose. Through interaction with characters like Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith, and the Direct Commissioner, readers are able to understand more about the dark secrets that stories like Heart of Darkness tried to hide. Achebe tries to express the similarities and differences between Okonkwo and these characters. The biggest finding in this book is that although these characters are different, culturally;…

Into The Life of a Joker What do most television viewers call a mischievous or malicious person who devises outlandish or even cruel tricks on their friends and people they do not know? I call them pranksters, jesters, tricksters or maybe an impractical joker. Impractical Jokers is a hidden camera television series that stars four childhood friends. On this show Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, James Murray and Brian Quinn take outrageous dares to new heights. As long as the four best friends have known…

heroes such as batman, superman, spider man, and many other more. They all fight to make their world a better place against an evil villain but we don’t tend to pay attention on the motives that the villain has in order to commit the crimes. The Dark Knight, is about Batman fighting the Joker whose plan is to destroy Gotham. What motives the Joker? What does he want? The theory that best explains the joker would fall under Psychological Abnormality. The theory that best fits this Villain would…

Comic books are contemporary forms of art that touch in the categories of art, literature, and entertainment. From DC and Marvel (which are my personal favorites) to the other comic book companies and brands that are less known by the outside readers, there is a broad range of comic book characters and story lines. Like art and literature, comic books and their characters, styles, and icons change over the course of time. Similar to entertainment in general, these changes are made to better the…

Hollywood is such a competitive place, actors’ jobs are simply to make movies and such, however, this is not exactly a stable job. The Hollywood limelight is such a competitive place, unfortunately, some people who actually have what it takes to make it big, don't get their chance simply because, there are some who are really just more famous, but just because they're famous, doesn't mean they're exceptionally talented. When people talk about great actors, they would immediately think of Tom…

classic convention for there to be "mad" men or a villain who lacks all emotion and acts in irrational ways throughout the story line. The “mad” man adds an element of suspense because his actions are unpredictable and extreme. The Joker, in The Dark Knight, is the perfect example of a “mad” man. Throughout the movie, the Joker acts as the mad man in Gotham, which ultimately exposes the injustice of Gotham’s political system, a system rooted in the elected officials of Gotham. The Joker’s…

In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Dark Knight/ The Dark Knight Rises by Christopher Nolan, their common theme is that law and order in human society can only prevail when there are people fighting for it, otherwise the society will collapse into chaos. For Golding’s defense of this message, his book declares a very clear stance that law and order can only prevail when there are people supporting it, when that is lost, chaos will insume. The protagonist’s sidekick, Piggy,…

The graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" was published in Febuary, 1986. It is a story of a man's journey to discover his true self , accepting it and finding comfort within it. He is known to live a conflicting life. Without any volition, Bruce Wayne is tempted go back to who he was a decade ago. He cared less whether it was his conscious mind or an act of redemption, Bruce forced himself to do what is must in order to make things right within himself and within the city of Gotham…

to manipulate their images and the way the text appears to get their message across. The author of Batman the Dark Knight: Trapped by the Scarecrow portrays the complexity of the characters, the motives for their actions, and their similarity through his dark illustrations, frequency of text use, and use of repetition. The first technique the author employs is the use of dark images. This sets the tone for the entire story and without the author having to mention it, the reader…

called morals. What was just summed up is the definition of morality. This particular theme shows up a lot in our own life. Which is why morality plays such a strong role in these three pieces of evidence: the graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller,…