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Justice In Rita Joe's Poem 'Justice'

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The poem “Justice” by Rita Joe is a powerful poem with a central theme of justice being like a child who is unpredictable and easily swayed. Firstly, in this poem, Joe says justice is unpredictable: “Justice seems to have many faces/ It does not play if my skin is not the right hue” (lines 1-2). Saying that “Justice seems to have many faces” states that justice is different for everyone, and is not concrete. This also relates justice to like a young child who picks who they want to and not want to play with in saying “It does not play if…”. You can ask a child why they want to play with one person and not with another one, but you can’t force them to change their mind. That is how justice is, it can work towards one person and completely reject
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