It took a total of 21 years from the fall of the little boy to the birth of Batman. During the first 14 years, the child lived in loneliness and anger, only thinking that one day he could avenge his parents. It was the next 7 years that really made Bruce grow up. Bruce recognized the reality of society and decided to make some changes.
In the three mentors
movie, Bruce has a total of three important mentors and received three major educations.
The first mentor was Bruce's father Thomas Wayne, who always gave Bruce encouragement and support. Although some principles are somewhat hollow for a 6-year-old child. But it became the most important memory in the child's future reshaping of his father's image, and constituted Bruce's strongest source of energy.
The second mentor is Falcone, as Gotham's gang boss, he indirectly caused the death of Bruce's father, but indirectly avenged Bruce's father. He didn't want to help Bruce, and didn't want to be Bruce's enemy. In fact, Falcone’s enemies are only social systems and idealistic fighters who defend them. With a few simple reminders, he awakened Bruce from his ideal world, so that Bruce embarked on a solitary practice.
The third mentor is Ducard, the spokesperson of Master Ninja. Although he is the villain in the movie, he greatly helped Bruce overcome his inner fears and provided a spiritual and physical foundation for the rise of Batman. He told Bruce to find the fear in his heart and overcome it. For specific analysis, see the topic of fear generation and overcoming below.
Among the mentors, only one is a relative and two are enemies. It can be seen that sometimes it is the enemies that give us the most help.
Quotes from tutor
Thomas Wayne:
Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick us up.
Falcone:
People from your world have too much to lose. Now you think because your mommy and daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don' t. You've never tasted desperate...And you always fear what you don't understand.
Ducard:
To conquer fear, you must become fear. You must bask in the fear of other men. And men fear most what they cannot see. The core problem of fear
and overcoming the
birth of Batman is to overcome fear. Fear is like a black hole. The more you are afraid, the more terrifying it will be imagined, until it becomes a memory, haunting you, making you unable to move forward. Row. There is no other way to overcome fear, you can only jump into the black hole again, re-recognize the non-fear nature of fear, and refresh your memories. If you choose to avoid fear or just taste it, it will create a permanent shadow. The rest of your life will be modified or explained by taking psychedelics.
As a negative example of overcoming fear, Ducard's image is like a cult missionary, while Master Ninja is like the reincarnation of the savior, and the Shadow Warriors behind it, like all religious organizations, promote self-transcendence and give lost human guidance. And when human civilization degenerates to a certain point, the organization will appear like a god to restore balance. The reason why the Kagemusha organization is a cult organization is that its original intention deviates from the truth, the good and the beautiful. Ducard once told Bruce that the way he overcomes his fear is revenge, which determines his unscrupulous measures to curb violence and abuse lynching.
In the imaginary
film, the Gotham officials are corrupt and fight with the underworld. The only characters in absolute justice are DA Rachel, police Gordan, Bruce Wayne and their cronies. Suppose, if these very few forces also disappear or revert, what will happen to this society? I think at that time, there is only one enemy left in the entire society, the law and all other systems, and then this social system will be overthrown and re-established in accordance with the underworld system. In fact, putting aside this so-called concept of black and white society, society is actually advancing in this repetition of overthrowing and reconstruction. After each reconstruction, we would conclude that the past social system was unreasonable, but we did not consider the real reason for the failure of the system: the degeneration of human nature. Do people dare to look directly at it? And through various ways to change and purify it?
Simply, Gotham in the movie at least has Batman and his friends in the stars, and in some places, the degeneration of society seems to be without resistance. At this time, either we all become Batman, or we conform to human nature and continue to fall.
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