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Louie was upset, but then remembered the night he found God. “That night, the sense of shame and powerless that had driven his need to hate the Bird had vanished. The Bird was no longer his monster. He was only a man” (Hillenbrand 386). Years later, Louie heard the Bird was still alive, and Louie asked if he could visit with the Bird, but the Bird refused.
In Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez, the author communicates the larger idea that violence is the result of injustice in a given system by including scenes in which Henry is about to kill Rafas at the Saturday night dance, strikes a guard and gets sent to solitary, and is reported to have gone back to prison, killed an inmate, and gotten into drugs. From the beginning of the play, Henry succumbs to using violence due to being excluded from society. When Lieutenant Smith tries to interrogate Henry and insults his zoot suit, calling it a “monkey suit”, Henry reacts with verbal violence- “Screw you flatfoot”; he reacted in this manor because his cultural identity was attacked by an authority figure, which shows corruption with authority and those who hold power. This prompts violence from Henry
Bryan Stevenson negotiates the prejudice and intolerance within the criminal justice system, and the biases within based on economic and racial status. This book exposed myself to a deeper level of injustice inside our system than what I already had a conception of. Each story Bryan talks about hits on different subjects that opened my eyes to how our system truly treats minorities so coldly. Those of a different race, economic status, are treated far worse than we can imagine. Within the past few years racial injustices have began to gain more attention in the media, allowing awareness into the discrimination still present in our system.
Each one has learned many lessons from their courses in life which established their personal morality. In particular, the author, Wes Moore, was driven by positive outcomes from his negative conditions resulting from him a successful person in his adulthood. As a result, the inspiring story of the author, Wes Moore, could be described in three themes: Peer, Parent, and Family Support; Loss and Redemption; and Decision Making.
The documentary, Half the Sky, is an eye-opening film on the injustices women experience in the world; during the film, the reporters travel to Sierra Leone. While there, they met with a young girl who had been raped by her uncle, which brought to light the fact that rape is considered to be disgraceful, not for the rapist but for the victim. The young girl in this situation chose to speak out about the sexual abuse she experienced, and she was the one who suffered for it. Personally, I believe it was outrageous for her to have been kicked out of her own home for something that was forced upon her; to quote the documentary, “it is the victim that has the burden to prove herself innocent”, which although such a statement seems primitive, it
Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo , a civil rights activist from Michigan, received the call from Martin Luther King Jr and traveled from Detroit to Selma. During this time, Liuzzo was a member of the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The racial injustices of African Americans was not a foreign concept to her, due to her spending a large amount of her youth in Tennessee and Georgia. She went to Alabama to attempt to help the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Martin Luther King Jr.
1/5/23 Racial injustice has been a prominent issue in the American criminal justice system for centuries prior to Bryan Stevenson's entry in the criminal justice world. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, goes in depth on specific unjust criminal charges based on racial assumptions. Bryan Stevenson does work on ending these suffrages and freeing clients who have been unfairly accused on death row. Throughout the book, Stevenson addresses systemic racism through examples of jury selection, several case studies of unfairly incarcerated individuals, and police brutality which his advocacy for inmates overcomes by creating racial justice within the criminal justice system.
Responsibility and Justice leave people accountable for their actions and leave them with consequences that result from their actions. In the novel Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, the book talks about Krakauer’s journey up Mount Everest and what he encountered on the way up. He had many responsibilities, as did the other guides and clients. Their first priority was to be safe and complete the hike up the mountain. Although not everyone was able to make it to the top, the people that did receive justice in the end.
In my Contemporary Literature class we have been analyzing two pieces of text and a film which are Fahrenheit 451 and “Killing an Elephant”and “Enemy of the People”. We've used them to help answer our guiding question about what our duty is to our conscience when it conflict with authority and society, and their just and unjust laws? These stories help me see that a person will follow their conscience even if it means having to break a couple laws because the person ultimately has to live and stand by the decision and if someone believes that it's wrong they would rather die knowing they did the right thing then live with the guilt of their choice. In Fahrenheit 451 I learned that a person is willing to go against their own society when they feel strongly about their belief and ideas. In “Killing an Elephant” I learned that a person is willing to endure any level of suffering when they believe they are doing the right thing.
Perhaps this scene reflects how Gualinto is trying to come to terms with his inner struggle concerning the injustices that his people, the Mexicans, had suffered throughout the years; undeniably, Gualinto deems that some of the Anglo Americans (ex. the rinches) generated these wrongs. Within his imagined battle Gualinto sees himself acquiring the long awaited revenge and justice for all Mexicans. Moreover, this can be seen after he stabbs the banana trunk, ““A coward like all you kind.” The object of his hate took the insult meekly, offering no resistance.”
Injustice can be seen internationally throughout history, but is usually only recognized when the injustice has been stopped. Injustice is a lack of fairness or justice. Injustice can be seen in slavery, the lack of education for girls in the Middle East, and discriminating and paternalistic views and actions in regards to the disabled. People generally respond to injustice by agreeing with the crows. Only rarely do people speak out against injustice.
In the novel, Invisible Man, the narrator is always in pursuance of justice. His consistent search is driven by his inability to be treated as an equal in this white man’s society. As he fought for justice for the “dispossessed” the Narrator was constantly faced with injustice. Although his success seemed positive in the eyes of others, it had a negative impact on his life as a whole.
To avoid feeling guilty from slavery whites said blacks were bad and began to oppress them. They did this through segregating them, watching their every move, and putting them in positions to commit crimes. Bigger is frustrated because he is not allowed to do anything because he is black. " When Bigger goes out onto the street he sees a poster for Buckley's campaign: “IF YOU BREAK THE LAW, YOU CAN'T WIN!” And, as Bigger knows, if you don’t break it, you keep losing.
Finally, forgiveness is an important theme in the book. At some point in every transition between ghost and angel, forgiveness is offered. The ghosts (in transition) refuse and instead hold the narrow-minded self-identifications, egoistic arrogance and obsessions are Lewis’ accusation of man himself. The ghosts in the book cannot abandon their senses of self, no matter how wrongly constructed. For Lewis, all such refusals, are examples of wrong moral choices, choices with eternal consequences.
The man next door has had an accident. Please come at once” (18). Grand could have easily ignored the sign on the door and went about his day, but he sacrificed time out of his day to help someone who was in need. By sacrificing his time and life for others, Grand helped save multiple lives in Oran. The sacrifices Grand makes for the people of Oran add to his core value of authenticity and heroism.
