Did Justice Wargrave commit cold-blooded murder, or was he merely carrying out justice? In the book And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, Justice Wargrave invites ten people to Soldier island. Everyone invited to Soldier Island had one thing in common: they were all killers, untouched by the law. Soldier Island is a remote Island off the Devon Coast that Justice Wargrave used as a setting to uphold the law. Justice Wargrave was a vigilante justice. He wanted to bring equity by penalizing people for their heinous crimes, even if he lacked the authority. Justice Wargrave brought equity by killing the people invited to Soldier Island because he purged the world of immoral murderers who targeted the innocent.
Justice Wargrave was righteous
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Vera Claythorne used to Nanny a child named Cyril, but she fell in love with his uncle, Hugo. If Cyril died, Hugo would inherit a large sum of money, and he could marry Ms. Claythorne. Cyril was a weak little boy, and he wasn’t allowed to swim, or else he would drown. Vera Claythorne decided to let Cyril swim, knowing he wouldn’t survive, “I'll tell you what. Tomorrow you can swim out to the rock. I’ll talk to your mother on the beach and distract her attention.” Vera Claythorne pretended to run after Cyril to save him, but instead, she watched him drown. No relationship is worth murdering anyone, especially not a pure, sinless child. Vera Claythorne’s decision to let Cyril drown led to her death and retribution. After Cyril’s death, Hugo became distant from Ms. Claythorne. Hugo realized that Vera …show more content…
People make impulsive decisions without thinking and often regret them. General MacArthur and Mrs. Rogers regretted their decisions, and it haunted them. John MacArthur was a WWI veteran and general. One of his soldiers, Arthur Richmond, was secretly having an affair with his wife. When General MacArthur discovered this, he sent Mr. Richmond on a suicide mission, knowing he would never return. General MacArthur felt extreme guilt for murdering Mr. Richmond and rued his decisions. General MacArthur was a depressed, lonesome man, and he was ready to die, “Leslie had faded into the distance and Arthur Richmond too. Nothing of what had happened seemed to matter anymore.” General MacArthur felt remorse for his actions, but that doesn’t excuse what he did. Killing someone out of spite is cruel and wicked. No matter how guilty General MacArthur felt, it doesn’t justify his atrocious crime. Mrs. Rogers and her husband, Mr. Rogers, worked for Jennifer Brady. Jennifer Brady was an elderly woman, and she relied on Rogers for assistance around the house. The Rogers would inherit a certain sum of money if Ms. Brady died. One day, Ms. Brady fell ill and Mr. Rogers decided not to give her medication. Unfortunately, Ms. Brady passed away the next day due to Mr. and Mrs. Roger’s neglect. After hearing the murder accusations in “The Swan
During the entire time up till her death, Vera was almost in a trance-like state. Almost blinded by what she wanted,
"There is not involved day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what happened that day in My Lai, I feel remorse for the Vietnamese who were killed, for their families, for the American soldiers involved and their families. I am very sorry. " Former lieutenant William Calley spoke these words at a Kiwanis Club, where he gave a public apology to the audience for his part in the My Lai Massacre 40 years overdue. A while after the massacre he was sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later commuted. Even though President Nixon reduced Calley’s sentence, the decision was unjustified because the jury found him guilty and he also confessed to the crime.
Responsibility and Justice leave people accountable for their actions and leave them with consequences that result from their actions. In the novel Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, the book talks about Krakauer’s journey up Mount Everest and what he encountered on the way up. He had many responsibilities, as did the other guides and clients. Their first priority was to be safe and complete the hike up the mountain. Although not everyone was able to make it to the top, the people that did receive justice in the end.
A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences that lasted forever,” reflects Cross (O’Brien 170). Ultimately, no one can prevent death, but it is human nature to view culpability and personal responsibility wherever they fit. Throughout the war, Lieutenant Cross is also the
General Douglas Macarthur is remembered by many as a hero of World War II, The de-facto leader of post-war Japan, and as a controversial figure of the Korean war. Throughout these roles, Macarthur was able to strategically display his intellect and charisma. Yet Macarthur was not always the overachieving hero of America. Early in his career from 1914-1941, he served in multiple administrative and managerial operations which seem to contradict the generals flamboyant career. For over two decades Douglas Macarthur’s tactics differentiated himself from those who fought alongside him.
Regardless of the previous encounter or lack of them, O’Brien instinctually threw the grenade to possibly save his own life. However, blame must be placed somewhere, and many will place it with the soldier that threw the grenade. (Ce) The author exhibits how detailed imagination solidifies and intensifies feelings of guilt from war. (De) Character Tim O’Brien visualizes the possible result of the situation had he not made himself known to the other soldier; he may “pass within a few yards of me and suddenly smile…then continue up the trail to where it bends back into the fog” (O’Brien 128).
We believe that true, patriotic heroes go to war without cowardice or complaint. Yet, as O’Brien demonstrates in his novel, war is incomprehensible and lacks the morality we expect it to have. The Vietnam War was fought for reasons unknown to the soldiers involved as seen in the lines “The very facts were shrouded in uncertainty: Was it a civil war? A war of national liberation or simple aggression?
A man by the name of Arnold Gingrich, publisher of Esquire magazine, responded to the public hostility by stating “readers should ask themselves ‘what would you have done, if you had been there, and in this man’s shoes?”’ (Jones 258). Arnold posed a vital question that many people did not think of while discussing the My Lai Massacre. Those who persecute Calley must also take into consideration the sheer amounts of exasperation and turmoil that the U.S. troops were experiencing in Vietnam. Just two days before they entered the My Lai village, Charlie Company lost a sergeant on the account of a booby trap.
40% of the males in the baby boomer generation served in the Vietnam War, as seen in the New York Times article “The Baby Boomer War.” Many of these people came home from the war feeling responsible for the death of someone. In his novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien employs repetition to create the effect that almost all people involved in war feel guilty for someone’s death, even if it was beyond their control. The chapters “The Man I Killed”, “Ambush”, and “In the Field'' work together to produce this effect.
The Logical side of the brain is constantly pulling apart the arguments of the people around you looking for flaws or gaps. This was perhaps the least developed rhetorical device in “Duty, Honor, Country” not until almost the final paragraph does MacArthur begin listing facts. Mentioning the financials needed in war in only two clear instances. Moreover, the only other cold hard fact mentioned is the death tolls which seemed to be more directed at the reader's emotions than at their logical
After becoming a judge, his desire to commit a murder begins to grow, “When in due course I came to preside over a court of law, the other secret instinct of mine was encouraged to develop. To see a wretched criminal squirming in the dock, suffering the tortures of the damned, as his doom came slowly and slowly nearer, was to me an exquisite pleasure” (Christie 286). Justice Wargrave extinguished the lives of ten people because he takes pleasure in the deaths of others. He has a very skewed sense of justice. He became a judge in order to murder without consequences.
Lastly, August gives Lily a new perspective on Deborah, her mother. When Lily encounters the three sisters, she lies about who she is out of fear that they would know her mother. One of the sisters, May, confirms this when Lily asks if she knew Deborah. Later on in the story, August has a talk with Lily and reveals that she knows who Lily is. Lily finds out that Deborah did run away, and Lily becomes angry.
“If you don 't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” (41). Although Rex Walls was not always an admirable father and role model, he did make an essential point while teaching his daughter, Jeannette, how to swim. In life, not everything comes without resistance. As Jeannette Walls describes throughout her life story, sometimes people are forced to face hardships that make them question their whole life. However, as seen in her book, it is important to learn to take those hardships and use them to shape one’s future for the better.
Injustice versus Justice in And Then There Were None Everyone has varying opinions on the definition of justice and injustice, and acts of which may be seen as fair or unfair to different individuals. A dictionary says that justice is the quality of being just; righteousness; equitableness; or moral rightness.
The Vietnam War leaves a legacy of moral confusion with each and every soldier who serves. Soldiers are fighting for a cause they do not necessarily believe in, killing people who do not necessarily deserve it, and watching their brothers die beside them. Tim O’Briens’ book, The Things They Carried, illustrates the soldiers struggle to define morality throughout the confusion of the war. On the Rainy River, Tim O’Brien faces what he feels is his moral obligation to answer his country’s call and fight in Vietnam, and a personal moral issue with the reason for the war.