In the three stories A Vendetta by Guy De Maupassant, Crackling Day by world’s famous novelist Peter Abrahams and The Gold Cadillac written by Mildred Taylor the writers present different ideas of justice How writers present different ideas of justice in societies In the three stories “A Vendetta” by Guy De Maupassant, “Crackling Day” by world’s famous novelist Peter Abrahams and “The Gold Cadillac” written by Mildred Taylor the writers present different ideas of justice in the societies in which their stories are set. Justice is the concept involving the fair, moral and impartial treatment of all persons – often seen as the continued effort to do what is “right.” Justice is a particularly foundational concept within most systems of “law,” and draws highly upon established and well-regarded social traditions and values.* The first story, a very popular novel “A Vendetta” written by the greatest French short story writer Guy De Maupassant is set in the Mediterranean Italy – the island Sardinia and its surrounding areas. The protagonist in the plot is an old woman, widow Saverini, also referred to as ‘the old mother’. Mother Saverini had a son Antonio who was one day “treacherously stabbed by Nicolas Ravolati.” The old woman wanted justice for her only son’s murderer and decided to take revenge. In “A Vendetta” justice is achieved by revenge. Woman Saverini faced a dilemma because she was old and incapable of taking longer journeys but she promised her son a vendetta. “Your mother always keeps her word, you know she does.” The author has used the theme of the “Italian Revenge,” which appears especially in the south part of “the shoe,” in which the story is set to justify why the mother was so c... ... middle of paper ... ... the murderer is killed. This situation is a reference to the words that Matthew wrote in the Bible centuries ago – “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” The murderer killed a boy but at the end the same situation happened to him – he got punished for murdering in exactly the same way as he murdered Antonio Saverini. In “Crackling Day” both justice and injustice appear. The boy gets insulted and hit by a guy of the other colour just for being black. He gets involved in a fight for his and his father’s honour. When he comes back home he is punished for what he did; I think that the fact that he fought was well justified because he was deeply cursed and provoked to start the conflict. At the end justice is shown when the boy gets presents and apologies from his uncle for the violence, which was also justified, it could always be worse. *Source: wikipedia.com
...ot into a fight and he stabbed a man eighteen times. He ended back in prison.
committing murder. The author stated that “The chilling truth is that his could have been mine.
death. He then gives an apology to all the school children who witnessed the tragedy
I am an Asian with yellow skin very differ with Staples's skin color, but I still was discrimination by some people surrounding me. I remember the first year I lived in America, I was in Middle School, eighth grade; I never forget the day I get in a school bus, everybody: Black, White, Asian, they placed their backpacks on empty seats, because they did not want me to sit with them. I went through all seats and looked around; I was lucky, there was only one back seat left for me in a corner, but when I stepped close to having a sit, a white young girl said, “This seat is taken.” All of them laughed very l...
survives. And he floated to an island where he was captured for days, but to us
A man carrying two revolvers and two 9mm semi-automatic handguns calmly strode into the Dunblane Primary School. Two people quickly spotted the firearms and tried to tackle the man; he shot them and left them wounded as he continued his journey down the hall of the school. Finally, the man reached his destination: the gym, where a class a kindergartners were having P.E. In the gym, he pulled out the guns and started picking off the five-year-olds one by one. The room was splattered with blood as young children broke like porcelain dolls under the power of the gun. The blood continued to flow, but the intruder did not stop; he took careful aim to make sure he didn't miss. The final insult came when he shot the teacher who was shielding kids with her body. Once he killed her, he killed the kids she was protecting. When he finished in the gym , he turned around walked out, shot at a class as he walked down the hall and walked out into the courtyard. In the courtyard, the killer ended the ordeal by taking his own life (Pederson).
racist towards a customer based on the customers skin color, and singled the customer out. The customer
Have you ever been turned away or discriminated by another being? Patricia Williams was and she wrote about it in “The Death of the Profane: The Rhetoric of Race and Rights”. Williams was discriminated by an employee at a Benetton in New York because of her skin color. She was told the store was closed at 1:00pm while there were still others in the store. Williams created a poster about her rage and posted outside Benetton when it was truly closed. She attempted to write a story but her race, rage, and the stores name was edited out of her paper. Williams convinced them to put her race back into her story, she then spoke at a convention and talked about her experience at Benetton and the struggles of getting her story published. Williams is
In America, race is a particularly sensitive subject, especially for people of color. As a black person, I have felt as if I had been treated differently because of my race and consequently, have had to alter my behavior. I have been followed inside of stores and have tried to make myself seem less threatening by smiling more and keeping my hands visible. In the future, I know that a white person is more likely to get a job than I am. I would have to be twice as qualified to be seriously considered against a white person.
In fall 2008 Ryan Didone was with four of his friends, when he hit a tree with his car. He died at the hospital as 15 years old. Captain Thomas Didone works at the police department, and he is Ryan’s father. He never thought he was those parents who would get a phone call like that. If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone. Ryan’s father was with his son, the day he was born, and he unfortunately had to be with his son, the day he died, and he never wishes that to any parents. It was an inexperienced, and immature driver and to high speed at night with some other kids. He was going too fast. Ryan gave serious trauma for the rest of the community.
Years Eve, he shot a gun into the air. He was soon arrested and taken to a
could not bring himself to kill a innocent little boy so he gave him to a
Kate Chopin's story, "The Story of an Hour", focuses on an 1890's young woman, Louise Mallard. She experienced a profound emotional change after she hears her husband's "death" and her life ends with her tragic discovery that he is actually alive. In this story, the author uses various techniques-settings, symbolism and irony- to demonstrate and develop the theme: Freedom is more important than love.
The cops surrounded the building and tensions rose. The younger of the two boys started to get anxious and shot a table. The younger boy freaked out and shot a table. The cashier, threw up and the little girl started crying. Zach, who had been supposed to take his medication h...
... way of thinking is wrong and he admits that he is wrong and reconciles himself with his friends and family.