Within practical reach to any comic book reader that would devote himself to becoming an expert in It's far reaching appeal is based on the universal appeal of a comic book character whose qualities are The mythology of the Batman character has reached epic proportions in today's cultural media. What makes this comic book such an integral part of comic history, is that Frank Miller presents what could be seen as a documentary into an era that did take place, with realistic real life decisions, through the eyes of the infamous Dark Knight. These scenarios deal with questions of moral calculations, but what about a corruption that could be created as a result of romantic interests between Bruce Wayne and the Catwoman, or as a result of a relationship with a woman who is clandestinely part of a criminal organization? If you think this is a farfetched possibility, just look at the political scandals that have involved everyone from prominent politicians such as President Bill Clinton to some of the Secret Service agents that were tasked with protecting President Obama. Would a Batman who in his early years could clearly be in over his head be tempted to form an alliance with a mobster in order to attack a greater perceived evil? And what if a minor criminal could offer inside information to the Batman, provided that he is allowed to commit minor crimes? Presented in a Gotham highly reminiscent of the gritty streets of Manhattan back in the 70’s and 80’s, one doesn’t have to go far to imagine the opportunity for the corruption that the Batman could experience through the process of rationalization. While there are a multitude of detailed approaches, all roads to ending a cycle based on desperation must pass under the umbrella of opportunity.īatman Year One presents a Batman faced with a morbid reality where everyone has their price, and succumbing to temptation is the price of life. There is a significant differentiation between removing a dangerous individual from a communal setting, and turning a misguided person into a hardened perpetrator. A criminal is not innately a criminal, but an individual who believes his choices are limited based on what have been his or her personal and cultural experiences. What the Batman fails to take into account is that every person is responding to internal and external stimuli. In other words, if Batman’s choice of methodology when encountering criminals is exclusively the application of violence, the real world results would not be any different than the statistics that law criminologists are all too familiar with. For instance, released convicts in California have a 60% chance of being convicted of another crime down the line.Īlthough prisoners can be subject to a highly violent environment in jail, that level of violence does not lead towards a change in lifestyle or life choices. If a criminal is simply punished, and then at some point reintegrated into society without any counseling, there is a very high likelihood of his finding himself back as a resident of the prison system. But in order for this take place, it is safe to assume that the cycle of violence has to be broken at some point. In a civil society we would optimally want to have a penal code through which criminals are deterred, but hopefully also a system through which the criminal could be rehabilitated into a law abiding citizen.
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