The Joker is one of the
greatest comic book villains of all time. IGN ranked him second on their Top
100 Comic Book Villains behind X-Men bad guy Magneto, which I believe is total
hogwash. See, the Joker is the worst kind of villain. He doesn’t commit crime
strictly because he’s mentally delusional, or because he’s in a state of
poverty, or because he’s been raised in a poor environment. He has turned to
crime for one simple reason: he enjoys it.
More specifically, Joker
enjoys chaos. He seems to find purpose in committing crime and raising hell in
Gotham. In fact, Joker is the epitome of a villain who would cease to exist if
he did not have Batman to fight back and make his life fun.
In the film, Joker does try
to explain himself as he works his evil with Harvey Dent, describing himself as an 'agent of chaos' and not 'a guy with a plan'. It's the best way to describe Joker's reasoning for doing what he does.
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