To Kill A Mockingbird - An Essay On Justice
In the secret courts of men’s hearts justice is a beast with no appearance. It morphs to serve a different cause, and it bites a different person each time. In the cases of Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and Arthur Radley in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, justice is applied differently each time. Tom Robinson doesn’t meet an equitable end, with a death sentence over his head from the start. Justice isn’t in his favor in the stained prejudiced eyes and hearts of the people of Maycomb County. Bob Ewell tries to manipulate justice his own way, since he doesn’t believe that the justice he wanted was truly met. Even after Tom Robinson’s conviction, he still sets out after the people who degraded him. Arthur Radley is discriminated against by everyone in the county of Maycomb through malicious rumours and alienation. Arthur also seeks to put his own twist on vengeance, especially in the case of Bob Ewell, where he gave him the justice he deserved. Yet took no recognition. Justice and how it ties in with prejudice is the most evident theme in many different aspects in the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In the cases of Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and Arthur Radley, moral rightness is received, and justice is served in it’s own sense for each character in the end.
In conclusion, “To Kill A Mockingbird” is a novel primarily set about racial inequality and how it affects justice. Tom is wrongly convicted of a crime he did commit, and he didn’t want to take white man’s chances and he ended up risking his own life. Bob Ewell puts a man’s life on the line when he accuses Tom Robinson to cover up his own faults. He seeks out revenge against everyone who degraded him, and in turn feels his final breath. Arthur Radley is treated with prejudice and injustice in Maycomb. He turns out to be an innocent man who helps put the pawn of justice on the chessboard when he ends Bob Ewell. So Justice is finally served in different senses for Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and Arthur Radley in the end.
