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ZackWelch
Mrs.Carter
English9
16March2016
Injusticeislife
Doingthethewrongthing,istherightdecision,forexampleifyoursister'sboyfriend
beatsherup,youshouldbeatherboyfriendup,it'snottherightthingtodobutit'sthecorrect
decision.Injusticeisthelackoffairnessorjustice.WhenindividualsinMaycombdonot
understandsomethingtheytendtohaveunjustactionsresultinginpeoplelettingillegalthings
go,thisisshownbytheEwellsandBooRadley.
ThetownofMaycombisunjustbecausepeoplesometimeslettingillegalthingsgo,isthe
rightdecisiontomakebecauseoftheEwells.ThetownofMaycombshowsinjusticetothe
Ewellsbecausetheyletthemhuntandtrapoutofseason.Ifthetownofmaycombstoppedthem
fromhuntingandtrappingtheEwellkidswouldn'tgettoeatbecausetheirdadspendsalltheir
moneyonalcohol.Mr.BobEwell,Burrissfather,waspermittedtohuntandtrapoutof
season(lee31).TheEwellscandothingsthatnooneelsecan,butlettingthemhuntandtrap
outofseasonistherightthingbecauseiftheywerenotallowedtotheewellkidswouldnoteat.
TheEwellsareallowedtohuntandtrapoutofseasoneventhoughitsagainstthelaw,but
citizensofmaycombunderstandthatmr.Ewellwasadrunkandspentallthetheirmoneyon
alcoholcausingthetownofmaycombtobeunjust.
ThetownofMaycombisunjustbecausepeoplesometimeslettingillegalthingsgo,isthe
rightdecisiontomakebecauseofbooRadley.Booradleyandsomefriendsgotintroubleone

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nightwiththelawandmr.Radleydidntwantbootogotojail.Withmr.Radleyswordtotake
careofboospunishmentthejudgereleasedhim.mr.Radleywassoembarrassedhekeptboo
radleyinsidehishouseformanyyears.ManypeopleheardrumorsaboutbooRadleybutnoone
knewiftheyweretrue,veryfewpeoplehadseeboobefore.ThedoorsoftheRadleyhouse
wereclosedonweekdaysaswellassundays,andMr.Radleysboywasnotseenagainfor
fifteenyears(lee10).BooRadleywaslockedupandnooneeversawhimfor15years,
causingcitizenstohavetheunjustactiontobeconfusedwhyhewaslockedup.Sincethepeople
ofMaycombdidnotunderstandwhyBoowasneverseeninthetown,theyunjustlyjudgehim
andmadeuprumorsabouthisphysicaldescription.IfthecitizensofMaycombhadaccepted
Booforwhohewas,theycouldhaveavoidedthisunjustaction.
ThetownofMaycombisunjustbecausepeoplesometimeslettingillegalthingsgo,isthe
rightdecisiontomakebecauseofBooRadley.SomeofthepeopleknowthatBookilledMr.
Radleyandthathedidnotfallonhisknife,butitwouldbeasinthekillamockingbird.My
wifedbeknockingonhisdoorbringingangelfoodcakes.Tomywayofthinkin,Mr.Finch,
takingtheonemanwhosdoneyouandthistownagreatserviceandragginhimwithhisshy
waysintothelimelighttome,that'sasin.Itsasinandimnotabouttohaveitonmyhead.Ifit
wasanyothermanitdbedifferent.Butnotthisman,Mr.Finch(Lee279).HeckTateand
AtticusbothknowthatBooRadleykilledMr.Ewellandthathedidnotjusttripoverhisknife.
ThepeopleofMaycombwouldbeveryconfusedifBobEwellwaslockedupfor15yearsand
finallymakesanappearancethenendsupguiltyformurder.HeckTateandAtticusbothknew
thetruthbutdecidednottorevealthetruthresultinginabadmanbeingdeadandeveryone
thinkinghekilledhimself,leavingthetownofMaycombunjust.

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SomeindividualsthinkthetownofMaycombisn'tbasedoninjusticetheythinkit'sbased
onprejudiced.InthetownofMaycombthereisprejudicenotinjustice.Iknowedwhoitwas,
allright,liveddownyonderinthatniggernest(lee177).ThisquoteisMr.Ewellsayinghe
knewwhotomrobinsonwasandknewrelativelywherehelived.Also,Mr.Ewellcalledtom
Robinsonaniggerwhichisstraightupracistandbeingprejudice.
ThetownofMaycombisunjustbecausepeoplesometimeslettingillegalthingsgo,isthe
rightdecisiontomake.TheEwellsandBooradleyaretreateddifferentlybecauseofcertain
thingsthathavehappened,ineachoftheirsituationsitisagainstthelawbutthecorrectdecision
tomake.BecauseoftheEwells&booRadleythetownofMaycombisunjustbecausepeople
sometimeslettingillegalthingsgo,istherightdecisiontomake.Asaresult,individualsshould
learnthatsometimespeoplecanletsomethingillegalgobecausegodwouldwantthatpersonto,
andsomelawsareunconstitutional.

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WorkCited
Lee,Harper.ToKillAMockingbird.NewYork:NY.HarperCollins1960.Print.

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