Batman's Role Model

The modern world is filled with different kinds of heroes. To some, heroes are sports figures who are winning not only on the playing field but also in life. To others, heroes are family members or in most cases fictional characters, (superheroes), who are fighting against evil. That being said everyone has a hero figure that he or she views as a role model, it is who they are striving to be like. An example of the modern hero that will be discussed in the remainder of this paper comes from The Batman Trilogy, which happens to be Batman himself.

Video games can teach children many different life lessons. For instance, Games like “ultima forever” can teach you virtues of life, and by learning these children can become better people in life. Kids will learn these skills and use them in their daily life. In the article, “Ultima forever returns for kinder, gentler, thoughtful, gaming”, Kate Flack, lead designer for the game says “‘... They will start to recognize these same choices in their real life and become better people.’” This quote shows that the game ultima forever prepares children for

The game seeks to trick us for a time into abandoning what is real (home) and focus on what is inside our monitors and T.V.s. Baudrillard spoke on the process of a simulated reality in a multi-step process. “In the first case, the image is a good appearance – representation is of the sacramental order.” This can be related to the early days of video games when they used cathode ray tubes to project pixelated images onto a curved glass scene. Video games where very new, and exciting. “In the second, it is an evil appearance – it is of the order of maleficence. This can be related to games starting about 15 years ago till today. Video games were and still are thought to be a source of violence in people. Many view them as a waste of time and that they detriment a person. Though this mentality is starting to fade as we shift towards the third order “In the third, it plays at being an appearance – it is of the order of sorcery”. Technology is starting to advance to the point that anyone without training in the field cannot understand what is going on. As myths about video games negative appearance are being debunked or confirmed their negative aspects are getting swallowed up by the more exciting advancements in the fields. “In the fourth, it is no longer of the order of appearances but of simulation.” At this level the video game stops being a game, and starts to become a part of everyday life (home). For as much as some may dedicate their whole lives to games, in the

intelligent. He is known for causing havoc in Gotham, where Batman resides. One of Batman's other villains is Bane, who also has a genius intellect and while using Venom, he has super strength. Someone who is commonly known fighting Superman is known as Doomsday who has super strength, invulnerability as well as Superman’s, super speed, healing factor, and he can bring himself back from the dead. Deathstroke is a common villain, who is very strong due to his enhanced strength and stamina, his great combat strategy, he is a weapon expert, he is a martial artist, and he is a skilled swordsman. Finally, commonly associated with the Flash, Captain Cold, who has a gun that has a cryogenic ability.

Nowadays, kids are fast learners, which makes it challenging for teachers to maintain students focused in school. For instance, video games are a kids best buy in these days, which irritates teachers because many kids play video games meanwhile, they are at school. The reason why video games are very popular in a kid’s world is because they deliver entertainment. Therefore; video game developers had found a way to keep kids well educated involving history and at the same time fun.

From the past till now, video game never loses its popularity, from Gameboy to Wii, and from NDS to LOL, millions and billions of people are obsessed with this imaginary world. Some of the video games are created for educational purpose, however, most are created for the people who wants to escape from reality. “In a national Harris Poll survey of 1,178 American youths (ages 8-18), ISU Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile found nearly one in 10 of the gamers (8.5 percent) to be pathological players.” ("Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) ") Not only the statistic shows the high rate of addiction towards video games, terrible consequences of the addictions are more than enough to be served. For example, an extreme case of an Chinese kid called Xioyi suicide because he lose in one of his game on December 27, 2004; where he left a note that said he wanted “to join the heroes of the game he worshiped.” Video game has the potential to ruin a person’s life, as well as their family, or even the

Everyone believes in something, sometimes it's obvious, other times it's not. Whether it's religious, self-made or beat into someone's head by their parents, everybody lives their life by

According to the Merriam-Webster, the word ‘hero’ is defined as “A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities” or “A person who is greatly admired”. When I read the definitions, the two people that seemed to pop up in my head were my Mother and Father. They may not be the type of hero Batman is or maybe even Ulysses, but they’re their own kind of hero. They’re MY heroes. They may not have superpowers or save the world from villains as your typical ‘hero’ would but instead have helped and supported me my whole life through thick and thin, which is more important to me than anything else.

We all have a hero or heroes that defined our childhoods. Sometimes people don’t admit it, but a person like me, I got no problem telling you all the heroes I grew up with. I remember watching the 1992 animated series of Batman and I enjoyed it so much that my parent bought some Batman action figures which include his sidekick Robin, his iconic arch nemesis the Joker, etc. Although Batman is a hero I grew up, Robin is one of my personal heroes. This apply to any Robins like Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, etc. Each of these people who took up the persona had an interesting role. Jason Todd (The second Robin), was killed by the Joker, but in a shocking way for which was a response to the fans petition for Todd to be killed off in the comics,

Morality is defined as being principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior (“Morality”). Most heroes are seen in a very controversial light, but Batman takes the cake. Bruce Wayne, or Batman, is a vigilante hero who is looking for vengeance for his parents’ deaths. Wayne has been known to kill many people in the comics and in some of the movies and TV shows. Batman is a case of morality because he makes people question what is appropriate in messy situations.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may be taking a lot of heavy criticism for the film as a whole, but it looks like critics agree that one of the best parts of the movie was Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince and her jaw-dropping entrance as Wonder Woman. Now the woman who played the Amazonian princess wants to make sure Wonder Woman comes back in a big way, and she wants to bring in “more female superheroes!”

However, video game technology can greatly improve the ways human interact with their environments in terms of the overall learning process. There is much to be observed and studied in order to perfectly synergize video game technology to precisely benefit humankind. However, this analysis sought to bring to light, research looking into potential benefits in order maximize the learning potential humans could potentially have. There were certain examples supplied which suggested that

Simulated violence in video games or role playing games are taking over the minds of kids and teens in the new age world. This informational text includes five different reasons why violent games are bad and one possible reason why violent games could possibly be good for kids and teens. In other words this paper is about how atrocious simulated violence in games is terrible the the kids and teens of today.

A character I am analyzing today is Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) from the television show, Gotham. I'll analyze this character by stating if he is a round or flat , dynamic or static, and minor or major character in the television show.

All that is required is just skillfully managing the keyboard. Computer life is so exciting, that sometimes people are not concerned so much on events that occur in reality, as on what is happening in the virtual world. Where, by passing different levels and achieving any success, player feels how great and powerful he is. With each passing day, the video game industry progresses, giving us the better opportunity to fully enjoy the scene. The purpose of this essay is to prove that video games bring more harm than benefits to children. Firstly in this essay, negative effects will be considered, after that it will review benefits of video games, and finally give recommendations to parents, how not to allow games to negatively influence their children.