Have you ever wondered why a particular scene in a book is there? Well, in many cases, they are inserted for a reason. Encompassing many scenes of violence are in stories for a reason, in which, these scenes end up contributing to the meaning of complete work. Numerous events in “Just Mercy” exhibit violence of racial injustice, dehumanization, and oppression such as the scenes in which Bryan Stevenson was falsely accused of burglary, and a young boy being assaulted in a men’s prison. To start, a considerable amount of events in Just Mercy exhibit violence of racial injustice, dehumanization, and oppression. To begin, one event of violence in just mercy is the scene in which Bryan Stevenson is falsely accused of burglary. …show more content…
This includes the imprisonment of a child who was sentenced to the death penalty after the he murdered of his abusive stepfather. The child was given death penalty without parole and placed in to a men’s prison instead of a juvenile prison. In the men’s prison the child had been sexually assaulted and raped on multiple occasions. On page 128 Stevenson states, “I told them that the child had been sexually abused and raped.” This particular scene shows the violence and neglect in the prisons of Alabama as well as the dehumanization of inmates from officers. This leads to show the complete work and how Stevenson reacts to these circumstances and even changes them. Using the same scene, Stevenson visits the prison to meet with the child. In the time, the child does not speak a word until he becomes hysterical in recalling the night before his meeting with Stevenson. “His trembling intensified before he finally leaned completely into me and started crying” (Stevenson 127). As the young boy recalls the night prior to meeting with Stevenson, he begins to tremble and cry with both fear and trauma. Hence, this scene is filled with both violence and trauma but clearly shows how Stevenson is contributing his time to end the problem of neglect and dehumanization in