Why did Batman become a vigilante?
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Why did Batman become a vigilante?
This traumatic experience causes Bruce to vow to spend his life fighting evil. With his near-unlimited resources he travels around the world and acquires the technologies and skills necessary for taking justice in his hands. Facing his fear of bats as one final test, he becomes Batman, a masked vigilante.
Does Gcpd like Batman?
The GCPD has had a long love-hate relationship with the city’s vigilante known as Batman. Commissioner Gordon went along with him because Batman got the job done. Corruption and rot within the police department also rose during Akins’ tenure as Commissioner.
Does Batman work with the police?
BATMAN ’66: Batman and Robin actively work with the Police in their offices, even urging support of those authorities and deputised work over vigilante justice.
What is Batman’s public display of Justice?
Batman’s public display of vigilante justice provides an outlet for the public to understand that they do not have to hide in the shadows and feel as if they are perpetual victims of an impotent system that fails to protect them. Lana Lang, in TDKR, says of Batman, “A man has risen to show us that the power is, and always has been, in our hands.
When a problem arises, he rises to the occasion and remedies the situation, often times to the chagrin of the local authorities. Much like many other comic characters such as Spider Man or V from Alan Moore’s V For Vendetta, Batman is often portrayed by the authorities as a pariah and a menace to society.
Why is Batman so problematic to the government?
Lastly, and most importantly, Batman is problematic to the government because he gives the people back their power. The citizens of Gotham feel as if they have been completely stripped of all of their power, of their voice, to stand up against the injustices committed against them both by criminals and the government itself.
What drives Batman to protect Gotham?
The protection of Gotham is first on the agenda for Batman. It was, after all, a senseless act of violence that became the impetus for Bruce Wayne when he was a child that would eventually lead to his becoming the Batman. Desire to rid Gotham of all those bent on destroying the peaceful social order is what drives Batman.