The Myth Of Justice Analysis

Throughout my life, I have come across and read many pieces that I do not agree with. That isn’t very surprising to most people. One of the least boring texts that I have come across is titled, “The Myth of Justice” written by Michael Dorris. The paper is basically exactly about what the title says, whether or not justice is a myth. Even if someone were to skim through the reading briefly, they would be able to catch the gist of what he is trying to say. Dorris goes to extreme lengths to convey that he does not believe in the fact that justice is always served, he really doesn’t even believe in justice itself. The article does justice in conveying the author’s ideas within the style of writing, and also provides a variety of opinions.
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It is highly effective because of the way he puts it into context. Dorris places the one sentence paragraphs just at the right moment inside of the reader’s and in a strange way, it draws the reader in even more. The use of strong sarcasm forces the reader to form an opinion right then and there; if you laughed, you probably agree, if you didn’t laugh, you probably don’t agree & you think that these are matters that shouldn’t come off as funny to someone. After the reader has been forced to make such an opinion, they are biased towards the rest of the article. That being said, here lies the one downfall to his “humorous” tone. Almost 90% of the time that Dorris makes a sarcastic comment, it is bashing anyone and everyone that do not agree with him. Just like in the aforementioned Bible story, he bashes anyone that believes in God. At one point, he goes as far as to say that only stupid people believe in silly things like justice. He uses a lot of "if you believe in this, then you're this kind of person", which I don't always agree with because I don't believe that that's always necessarily the case. But in the perspective of someone who agrees with the article, the sarcastic sentences only create more of a