The word justice is important to the novel as Hannah did not get justice. Hannah never mistreated anyone, but the other characters in the novel treated her horribly. The quote of treating others the way you wanted to be treated is not visible throughout the novel. Hannah got some justice when she recorded herself on the tapes and sent them to the first person, Justin Foley. Hannah got justice as she knew that the 12 people will know that they did and how they treated her badly. Hannah made sure that the people on tapes felt guilt as she started the tapes with “I hope you’re ready because I’m about to tell you the story of life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of the reasons why.” (pg.
Chapter 37- Hannah asks Will resides to ask him to ride to Salem to warn the Patriots of a British attack. Hannah decides to make the ride herself. Will and Mr. Hubbard helped her along the route and directions.
There are seven tapes and each side of the tape is for a specific person who had a role in helping Hannah commit suicide. The first tape is addressed to Justin Foley who was Hannah’s first kiss. They had a sweet, innocent kiss, however, Justin decided to spread a rumor that much more happened, which lead Hannah to be called a “slut” for the rest of high school year.
Justice can be defined as "the maintenance or administration of what is just" with 'just' meaning, "being in conformity with what is morally upright or good" (merriam-webster.com). With a clear definition, it is easy to sort out what is and is not just. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the story of a young girl on a road seeking justice unfolds. Her name is Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, which is the perfect name for someone on a search. Throughout the novel, Scout battles two different instances of unjust treatment, both very different from each other.
In every society, in every era, in every person's life, people have their dislikes and likes about their life. In the novel Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Hannah dislikes when her Grandpa discusses past history about their Jewish heritage. Hannah goes to the future a discovers the ups and downs in living being Jewish. Many people believe that Hannah is changing from this occurrence, on the better hand people believe Hannah is not being educated and not starting learn as Chaya and the Jewish Heritage.
As he says, (pg 15/16), “I mean why put myself through this?Why not just pop the tape out of the stereo and throw the entire box of them in the trash?” In this moment, he has to decide, to go through tapes and deal with the sadness and anger, and know or not know and stay where he is. The Second major event is when Hannah catches Tyler spying on her. Although he didn't come back, she doesn't feel safe anymore.
In the book TKAM an innocent black man named Tom Robinson dies. The whole community knew he was innocent and Atticus (his lawyer) worked night and day to put up a good fight against the court. However in the end the same thing happened yet again. Another black man gets sent to prison and loses his life because of it. The book's overall message regarding formal justice is that in order to make things right we must take matters into our own hands.
Justice. “the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness. [dictionary.com]” Justice is implyed when something in the right thing to do, whether or not the decision is in favoe of the reciever. Fairness. “the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness. [dictionary.com]” Fairness is implyed when In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the concepts of justice and fairness are two conflicting topics. They don’t seem like they are two concepts that would have conflicts, though in this story, they are clearly displayed as conflicting topics. One thing is the fair thing to do, but it is not just. Many characters are prime examples of this idea, like Tom Robinson’s
Through the first tape, Hannah expressed her feelings regarding Justin Foley's betrayal to her. She was deeply hurt when Justin, her first crush and kiss, spread false rumors that earned her a bad reputation.
Justice is a broad term used throughout the story Medea. Jason breaks the promise and marriage of Medea by marrying someone else. Medea is stricken with grief and anger, which leads her to do indescribable things resulting in the murder of four people. The murderous acts of Medea, the tragic heroine, commits in her own pursuit of justice were not pardoned by the law of the land, condemning her to exile.
Throughout the story, Harper Lee (the author) heavily expresses the state of the justice system in Maycomb. In the book, justice is taken for granted and overlooked by the people of Maycomb. But that is not the only point stated in the book. There are many key points supporting this statement, but I’d like to discuss about some of these points scattered across the book. I’m going to discuss about how the justice system is conflicting with the protagonist’s actions as well as how easily justice can be manipulated into supporting one man’s evil intentions.
“To Kill a Mockingbird” is a very revered book for students and adults alike. The book shows plenty of teachings, one such is justice. There are many cases of the novel that the main thought was about justice. In one such case at the very end of the novel is where I believe is the most obvious and blunt case of justice shows itself to the readers. It consists of Boo Radley and his actions against Bob Ewell to save the children that have a purposeful and incidental meaning to serve justice.
There are many ways children determine what is right and wrong while they are growing up. While the ways the ideas form may differ, it is consistent that their perspective of justice becomes more complex as their beliefs change. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, suggests that a child’s view on justice becomes more complex as his or her beliefs change on what is right or wrong. In the novel, Jem’s view on justice drastically becomes more complex as his beliefs change.
Does justice mean the same thing to all people? To Kill a Mockingbird forces readers to decide for themselves what justice means to them. The book constantly puts the audience in tough situations that test their morals. As the readers take a look at Maycomb County through Scout’s eyes, we see the true corruption it holds. Both in Tom Robinson's trial and the residents of the crooked city.
Justice can mean lots of things some may think justice involves some sort of high power like the law and government. Others might think it’s being fair but then there are those people who think justice doesn’t exist. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the story of young Scout and her point of view during a trial her father had to defend. Justice is not a universal guaranteed to everyone such as there is such a corrupt society. For instance Tom and Boo Radley weren’t fortunate to get.
In the famous words of Maya Angelou, “When you know better, you do better.” The historical course of nursing is the epitome of this statement. There are a great many things in the long history of our chosen field to be proud of ranging from the advancements made by Florence Nightingale to the support the nursing community gave to Kelly Johnson following her two-minute speech during the 2015 Miss America Pageant. With that being said, there have been a few mistakes along the way. One such mistake involves the role that the infamous Nurse Rivers played in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.