November 17th Blog

The word "strange" is not a word that you would normally use to describe To Kill A Mockingbird, but there was one strange part that I identified. What seemed "strange" to me was that a black man could not get a fair trial in a court of law. Why did people lie, under oath, and why did they get away with it? And then the jury was willing to go along with the lie? Where was the justice in the justice system? It was clearly not there! The answer to this sad strange observation is that in the time period of the book, this is what was accepted in the United States, and even more so, in the South. Sad! Looking back from 2010, it is strange, but then there are other strange phenomena as well in history. Looking even farther back in history- what about slavery? The actual physical and mental bondage of people based solely on skin color(that did not end until after the Civil Rights Movement). Now fast forward from 1865 to 1973 and then we observe the strange phenomenon of legalized abortion. Where is the justice in abortions? How do babies get a fair chance? How a society treats its weakest and most vulnerable members is a large statement about themselves.  Doesn't anyone think that it is "strange" to kill a baby that is healthily growing inside its mother? The answer to these strange phenomena is for each person to take personal action to upright corrupt laws that allow these things.