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Analyzing The Daredevil: The Character Of Murdock's Blindness

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The Daredevil is a fictitious hero and a vigilante, his character was developed by Marvel comics. Daredevil was blinded by a radioactive material spilling out of a truck after he pushes a man to safety. The Daredevil develops special abilities. In an inconceivable case of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis his brain rewired to form a new superhuman power. His brain over compensated for his blindness by rewiring the neuron connections to prioritize his other four senses. Murdock’s father was killed by mobsters. Murdock’s dad was a single father who used boxing as a way to provide for his son. Daredevil did not have the best childhood, but his dad made him feel loved. The death of his father, becoming blind and his desire to honor his dad, shaped his perspective of the world and how he treats others around him. …show more content…

He has an unquenchable conscious to seek justice. He uses his blindness, which many believe is his weakness into a useful asset. During the day, he uses his blindness as a disguise. He is viewed as a pitiful blind lawyer. He mimics what it is like to navigate the world as a blind man. The blindness does not hinder his ability to see and navigate the world which is ironic. He doesn’t do this with bad intention, but due to the circumstance of his disability a façade was created. He has to navigate the world in the way society expects him to as a blind man. He walks around with a cane and is cautious to not reveal his superpower. Murdock is restricted from using his ability while he is living as the lawyer. When he is a lawyer he appears to be a small fish in a big pond trying to fight a local drug lord. People don’t take him serious as a blind lawyer. He mostly takes cases probono and is not a prestigious lawyer. Murdock is over looked by others at

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