Group “C” should answer TWO of the following:
Q1: In Chapter One, why isn’t it enough to have strength and
skill to be a superhero? Why does Bruce Wayne fail in his early attempts to
dispense justice? Why does he ultimately adopt the costume as an essential part
of his plan?
Q2: Surprisingly, the comic focuses even more on Lieutenant
Gordon than on Batman himself. Why do you think this is? What does Gordon’s
story help us to see about Batman’s world and origin? Could we argue that
Gordon is Batman’s “Watson”?
Q3: Try to describe the artwork of this comic: how does it
affect how we read the story, and how we feel about the story? Do you think
it’s appropriate to the story Miller’s trying to tell? Is it too dark? Too
cartoony? Too sketchy? Does it show too much, or leave just enough to the
interpretation?
Q4: Unlike Sherlock Holmes, Batman doesn’t wait for cases to
come to him, but actively seeks them out—even crossing societal boundaries.
When he interrupts the dinner party of Gotham ’s big
wigs, he warns them, “From this moment on—none of you are safe” (38). Does this
make him more of a “hero” and prove that he cares more about the people of Gotham ?
Or is he even more into ‘game playing’ and the thrill than Sherlock is? Which
of the two do you think is more moral/ethical?
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