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{/Literature Assignment :D --

Saturday, July 4, 2009 ( 8:14 PM )

This is my first Literature blog post:

1) Do you sympathize with The Joker?

I have done some research of The Joker's origin. I found out that The Joker was originally an engineer at a chemical plant, who quited his job to become a stand-up comedian, but failed misrebly. In order to suppport his pregnant wife and unborn child, he agreed to help two criminals break into the plant where he had previously worked. During the planning, he was contacted by police that his pregnant wife and unborn child were killed in a household accident.

He tried to back out from the plan but is forced into keeping his promise by the two criminals. The two criminals were killed by security when they entered the plant. As The Joker tried to escape, he was confronted by Batman. In fear, he leaped over a rail and fell into a vat of chemicals. He emerged with bleached skin, ruby red lips, bright green hair and a permanant grin. This caused him to have an identity as The Joker.

Though he became a killer due to the various situations he faced, I do not sympathize with him. His background might have been very scary and dificult for him to digest all at once. The death of his beloved wife and unborn child and also his own transformation from a once normal engineer to The Joker, it does not give him the right to take away precious lives. He killed men, women and even children.

Overall, I do not sympathize with The Joker. The reason being that The Joker was someone who was wanted by many people and also feared by many. Though The Joker and Batman both have many similarities, their intentions, especially The Joker's, which is bad, has led me to this conclusion of not sympathaizing with the him.

2) What have you learnt from this lesson?

I have learnt countless things from this lesson. I have learnt to look at a person from different angles and also that every human being has a bright as well as dark side. The person has a choice to choose the side of himself which he wants to be represented with, be it the good or bad side. I have realised that first impressions do count but that we should not conclude on a person's character with just their first impressions.

Finally, I have learnt that both a hero like Batman and a villain like The Joker can have similarities between them. Even then, it is astonoishing that we can distinguish the villain from the hero!