Justice Served In To Kill A Mockingbird

Justice is defined as something or some action that is “according to what is morally right and fair”. Within To Kill a Mockingbird there are many different instances of justice being, or not being, served. There are also plenty of cases of the word “justice” being used in various manners. Many would say that justice was not served in Maycomb. Tom Robinson was persecuted based on nothing but allegations and his skin color. Despite this, he was found guilty and ultimately was killed. Many, however, would say that justice was served in the case of the death of Bob Ewell. Personally, I believe that justice was not served in any way. Most people that read To Kill a Mockingbird would say that justice was not served. A good portion of the book
If justice is “according to what is morally right and fair” than the death of Bob Ewell could be considered a sort of justice that (in one way or another) resolves the death of Tom Robinson. This is seen as a sort of repayment for the death of Tom Robinson after his mistrial. Heck Tate seems to agree with the train of thought, at least to the extent of not caring much for the death of Bob Ewell. We see this when he talks to Atticus and isn’t concerned with the death of Ewell. Normally in a case like this, the death of somebody is the main concern for authorities. In this case however because of the wrongs that Ewell had done people seemed to care less as if it was deserved. Tate keeps talking to Atticus about how they are going to keep Boo from dealing with attention from the community. “To take the one man who’s done you and this town a service and dragging’ him with his shy ways into the limelight is a sin.”(Lee 90). This quote shows how people may think about the death of Bob Ewell as something deserved. No one is rattled by it because most people are upset with him for causing the death of an innocent man. This feeling that his death was deserved would, for some people, make it feel like something similar to closure. The idea that the death of Bob Ewell equates the damage done by the death of Tom Robinson. We see a continuation of this train of thought when Tate says “Let the dead bury the
On one hand, the death of an innocent man occurred. For many, this alone is enough to classify the overall happenings within the book as injustices. At the same time, however, there was some sort of repayment for this wrongdoing that others would say created enough closure for justice to be considered served. I personally agree with those that would say that no justice was done. In the end, it really matters what you think of as right and wrong and what you believe to be important in the grand scheme of