Justice is act of being fair and giving fair treatment to
all. I believe that justice has been
served because Bob Ewell beat his own daughter, is responsible for the murder
of an innocent man, and tried to kill Scout and Jem. In my opinion those are the worst kinds of
crimes they are just completely unmoral.
On page 369 Sheriff Tate says, “There’s a black boy dead for no reason,
and this man is responsible for it’s dead.
Let the dead bury the dead the dead this time. Let the dead bury the
dead” (Lee 369). Here I think Sheriff
Tate is trying to tell Atticus that Bob Ewell got what he deserved and that he
should just stop worrying about it because justice has been served. Also on page 366 Sheriff Tate says, "Bob Ewell fell on his own knife. He killed himself " (Lee 366). Here Sheriff Tate is trying to show that the kids had nothing to do with Ewell's death and that it was completely his fault that he died the way he did, and that again justice had been served.
Justice has not been served in this book because even though Bob Ewell died, Tom Robinson died. "...if they don't trust me they won't trust anybody... Heck, I won't have them any more. I can't live one way in town and another way in my home" (Lee, 367). Atticus is explaining to Heck that even though he would get off scotch free, he wants to be truthfull and tell everyone that Jem killed Bob Ewell (even though he didn't). Justice is having the world and everyone around you be peaceful and/or be right by you. Justice was definitely not served, also in Atticus' eyes because of all the lies and deceit and with Tom Robinsons death.
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