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Batman Hero's Journey
Batman all started with his bat phobia stemming from a childhood accident. He picks his own most-feared creature and turns it on his enemies; eventually he would make himself stronger by facing his fears. Batman maiden name was Bruce Wayne. Witnessing the murder of his mother and father as a child lead to him training his self to fight crime. Bruce decided to become Batman at the age of 25, and soon after that came the first Robin who name is Dick. Dick was only 12 years old. Bruce took Dick under his swing and showed him how to be a man. Bruce fear of bats started when he was a child. When Bruce was a kid he falls into a cave and was attacked by bats. He over came his fear by calling his self-Batman. After that he choose the bat cave as his …show more content…
When Bruce was a child he watched his parents get murdered. Thomas and Martha Wayne were walking home from the one night with Bruce, when a mugger held them up at gunpoint. Batman didn’t really have any were superhuman detective skills, and he was just very smart at making decision. Batman also had a sidekick named Dick. We all know him as Robin. Bruce and Dick were as unstoppable forces. Batman main goal was to fight the bad guys and clean up the city of Gotham and destroy his parent killer. When Bruce met a police officer; that, seem to be pretty honest in Gotham city helped him to be confident in the law. The police department wanted to capture batman and James Gordon was the one he could trust. Batman had a lot of criminals to fight and a mad scientist who had monsters to do his work for him was one of his challengers. He also had to go against villain like the Joker, the penguin, and the crazy mister freeze. Bruce faced his fears of bats by becoming batman and fighting crime. Bruce met Robin during the time he became batman. Bruce taught Robin (Dick) how to grow up and be a man. Robin followed in batman’s footsteps. Bruce watched his parents get killed in front of him. He was able to destroy his killers, but in was able to clean up Gotham from crime. Batman goal

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