Journal Entry 52, Title: Justice?

Justice is something that people can either receive or have. When you receive justice, it’s when people judge you fairly, not based on feelings or their personal opinion, but on facts only. People have justice if they judge people fairly. I think the jury in To Kill A Mockingbird is not a jury that has justice, and I think Tom Robinson did not receive justice in that book. The jury decided Tom Robinson mostly by facts, but they also judged Tom Robinson by their personal opinions. They are very skeptical about what Tom Robinson said in the court. They kept thinking that Tom Robinson was lying just because Tom is a black man. I think Boo Radley also didn’t receive any justice in To Kill A Mockingbird. People think Boo Radley is a crazy and evil boy just because of the rumors that was spreading around. I think the name of this book “To Kill A Mockingbird” hints to what this book’s theme is. Atticus said his father told him “You can shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can get them. But you must not shoot mockingbirds, because it’s a sin to kill mockingbirds.” Mockingbirds don’t do anything bad to us; they only sing nice songs for us to hear, so we shouldn’t harm them. On the contrary, blue jays annoy the hell out of people. In the book, I think the “Mockingbirds” are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. They didn’t do anything bad to the society, and yet people persecute them. I think the “blue jay” in this book is Bob Ewell; he did many bad things to the Finch family. I think the book To Kill A Mockingbird is trying to tell us not to harm people who don’t harm us.