Do I sympathize with the Joker? actually, yes. the Joker is actually quite pitiful. As in 'Batman: The Killing Joke' and 'Detective Comics #168' Before he was the Joker, he was Red Hood, another criminal. Red Hood; the man who would become the Joker, was a normal man, a former chemical engineer, now a struggling stand-up comedian with a pregnant wife. Then when the Red Hood gang, a robbery gang, approaches him to lead in a robbery of his previous workplace, a chemical plant, he accepts, hoping the money he would receive would help he and his family lead a better life. The gang then gives him the costume of Red Hood. But on the day of the robbery, the police informs him that his wife has died in a freak accident. When he hears this, he attempts to back out the robbery but to no avail.
During the robbery, the chemical plant's security spots the robbers and shoots everyone but Red Hood dead. Red Hood then tries to leave the scene but Batman appears and corners him on a catwalk. Affrighted, he jumps off the catwalk, into a chemical basin and swims off to safety. But the chemicals had permanently disfigured his face, and upon seeing this, he became insane, thus leading him to become the Joker.
So Batman indirectly caused the Joker to become who he is, which may had lead Joker for vengeance. In conclusion i really sympathize the Joker, as it isn't his fault that he went insane, as the crux of the events that made him the Joker was actually because he wanted to earn more money for his family. He was a caring man forced to do criminal acts but ended up disfiguring himself, which lead to him turning insane.

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I have learnt that there is much more to a story than just the plot, though that has to be good too, like character development. It is very important in a story, as it makes the story more interesting. Characters also have to leave first impressions on readers, but maybe as you read on, the characters may not leave the same impressions as they did when you first started to read. When you start to read deeply into a character's life, you also start to feel the character and understand the character. So a character background is also quite important. I've also learnt that if you analyze the characters well, you can find that all the characters have many similarities. The hero and the villain may have many things in common, which may make you doubt your definitions of the two. Concluding, developing the character and its background in a story is important as it make the story more interesting and would therefore make the reader want to read more.

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