After the debut of Batman, Batman begins to raise the bar to defeat crime in Gotham. Lieutenant James Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent help convict Gotham's criminals, but a new super villain comes into play, the Joker. With the new criminal mastermind, Batman is soon forced to question everything he believes in. The Joker will also take Batman's first full-fledged supporter and make him question everything, especially Batman. A hero's call to adventure is what makes him a hero, if they so choose. In Batman Begins, Batman's call to adventure was when his parents were murdered by a criminal. Bruce Wayne didn't want anyone else's parents killed, which gave him the drive to stop criminals. This made Bruce an intentional hero. He left with a specific goal in mind: to get rid of crime. The call to adventure was all the refusal of the call later in Batman's life. He lived a life of sadness and tried to kill the person who killed his parents. Bruce's supernatural aid and mentor was Alfred, with his guidance and support, Alfred helped create Batman. Another mentor or companion Batman encountered was Jim Gordon. The first threshold was when Bruce Wayne was declared dead by the Wayne Foundation. The Batman story follows Campbell's hero theory exactly. Except Batman never kills the Joker, so he repeats his trials and tribulations. Batman hides behind the mask of Bruce Wayne's ego. Batman was what Bruce strived to be but couldn't achieve in a normal life, so this is his mask and his way of getting what he wants. Batman is the self-accepted protagonist. Throughout the film you see him struggle with his split personality, a selfish materialistic man and someone who accepted the tribulations of ...... middle of paper ...... to eliminate criminals and Joker is just a sociopath who wants the destruction of order. Batman is in the middle of the two characters; psychologically, these two people are equally in him. He is doing everything he can to stop organized crime, but he is breaking the laws to do it. Ultimately, Harvey's desire for order is destroyed by the Joker, and the Joker's chaotic plans are ruined by Batman. He then realizes that he must take on both roles within himself. Batman saved Gotham from the Joker, but now he must live the life of a villain to protect Harvey. In a way, the Joker is like an evil twin of Batman; rather than letting his inner evil push him to do good, he lets evil take over and cause crimes. Works Cited The Dark Knight. By Christophe Nolan. Perf. Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart and Christian Bale. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2008. DVD.