I believe in Harvey Dent

Batman in his own party says:

"I believe in Harvey Dent I believe that on his watch Gotham can feel a little safer, a little more optimistic. Look at this face. This is the face of Gotham's bright future.
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Harvey locked up half of the city's criminals, and he did it without wearing a mask. Gotham needs a hero with a face."



When Batman says 'I believe in Harvey Dent', it means something more, more than a mere gratitude. It means that even a normal human being not as great as 'The Batman' can become a hero-a White Knight. It means that there is someone in this world on whom the ‘Soul of Gotham’ can rely at times of hardship, at times when belief from the Dark Knight is evaporated and at times when Joker is out of control………………………… oops I think I have said something wrong. Do we need Harvey Dent when Joker is out of control? Indeed!!!

The epic drama officially known as ‘The Dark Knight’ is one of the best gift ever given to Homo-sapiens by film industry. Christopher Nolan, the genius behind The Dark Knight has changed the whole scenario of the films. He had succeeded in doing what so many before him in the superhero film genre have failed doing. From now onwards we would be not be going to cinema hall just to see a superhero (Superman, Spiderman, Krish, etc) performing stunts and saving the city. We want a movie whose story line is on humans even if it is a superhero movie because in real life superheroes don’t exist. What exist are the human beings. The Dark Knight is a story which peels past the superficial layers of a hero and examine the genuine human conditions of greed, guilt, duty, and sacrifice mixed with an element of fantasy.

Do we need Harvey Dent when Joker is out of control? No, we don’t, then Batman? Now the ans. is a BIG NO. Batman doesn’t exist in the real life and this was the main theme of the Dark Knight-reminding us that there is no superhero in real but rather in each of us lie a superhero and a villain. In each of us lie The Batman and The Joker. Batman and Joker are nothing but the extremist of human behavior. One depicts a man who has risen above all odds and would raise above all coming odds in an ethical manner. He is a symbol of human conditions of Duty, Sacrifice and Love. The other depicts the other extreme-the non ethical manner, a symbol of Greed. It is our wish whom we want to become. Everyone in this world faces myriad of odds in his/her life and after that they either become Batman or Joker. Joker provoked Harvey Dent and as a result a Hero is converted into a Villain. Joker wanted to prove that if a hero can become a villain when things are made against him then what about common people. Joker also tried to provoke Gotham Gangsters to trigger the bomb which was in the civilian’s ship in order to save themselves but gangsters didn’t trigger and proved themselves as Heroes (A villain converted to a Hero). It is just a belief in oneself that help in rising above all odds. Harvey started believing the Gotham is full of despair and to get things done then treat Gotham with atrocity. On the other hand The Gangsters who are the symbol of atrocity showed their good side.

Before hoping that others should do well to us, we should first prove ourselves as 'Good'. Rather than saying 'I believe in Harvey Dent', start saying 'I believe in Myself’. It is I that will become The Batman....