Justice Will Always Be an Issue for Individuals and Society as a Whole
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Justice will always be an issue for individuals and society as a whole. The topic area study is justice and the individual, which according to popular belief justice is defined as the conformity to moral rightness in action or attitude. This is evident in the prescribed text, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
Justice will always be an issue for individuals and society as a whole which is evident in the prescribed text “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The novel is set in the 1930s the Great Wall Street Depression, which is obvious in the backward town of Maycomb, as this, “tired old town,” locked into the bigotry of it pasts, with no money, and loss of jobs. In the town of Maycomb, “men stiff collars weltered by 9 in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their 3 o’clock naps, and by night fall were like soft tea-cakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.” This slimily shows that, “there was no hurry for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb country.”
Justice is seen thought Jean Louise Finch’s eyes – Scout’s eyes as she, narrates the story. She believes, “Folks are just folks,” and that everyone is equal, however justice will always be an issue for individuals and society as a whole. Harper Lee portrays this, in Scouts first day of school when she has to ironically teach the teacher, about the social hierarchy of the town. However the teacher – Miss Caroline – won’t understand that one of her students Walter Cunningham has very little as, “the crash hit [his family the] hardest,” and because of that, “the Cunningham’s never took anything they can’t pay back.” For that the Cunningham’s are at the bottom of the hierarchy – which places them in a spot where it’s easy to judge them and be prejudice. This is conveyed when Aunt Alexandra, a very strict lady, who has traditional ideas of how society works and the role of a Southern woman, should play. This...
Justice will always be an issue for individuals and society as a whole which is evident in the prescribed text “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The novel is set in the 1930s the Great Wall Street Depression, which is obvious in the backward town of Maycomb, as this, “tired old town,” locked into the bigotry of it pasts, with no money, and loss of jobs. In the town of Maycomb, “men stiff collars weltered by 9 in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their 3 o’clock naps, and by night fall were like soft tea-cakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum.” This slimily shows that, “there was no hurry for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb country.”
Justice is seen thought Jean Louise Finch’s eyes – Scout’s eyes as she, narrates the story. She believes, “Folks are just folks,” and that everyone is equal, however justice will always be an issue for individuals and society as a whole. Harper Lee portrays this, in Scouts first day of school when she has to ironically teach the teacher, about the social hierarchy of the town. However the teacher – Miss Caroline – won’t understand that one of her students Walter Cunningham has very little as, “the crash hit [his family the] hardest,” and because of that, “the Cunningham’s never took anything they can’t pay back.” For that the Cunningham’s are at the bottom of the hierarchy – which places them in a spot where it’s easy to judge them and be prejudice. This is conveyed when Aunt Alexandra, a very strict lady, who has traditional ideas of how society works and the role of a Southern woman, should play. This...