Friday, September 21, 2012
Law vs. Justice
In the movie, there is obviously some racism, since it takes place in southern Africa in the early 40's. Steven Biko is a black South African who only wishes that the blacks could regain control and dominance of the land that was originally theirs. The English don't think to highly of people speaking out and trying to reform against their laws and ways of control. The one way the English control this is by having a fraud legal system, in which the money or the higher up people are in control of the law. In the movie you see how the law will do anything they want, no matter if its right or wrong, to take Biko down, because hes a threat to their way of life. this movie really shows how English (white) men didn't care whether it was justice or not and how they would do anything they wanted to keep control and bring down the blacks.
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So how does this relate to the dilemma of what we should do? Do we sit on the sidelines and saying things are wrong or do we need to move to action? What are the connections we can make to our lives and to the things we see?
ReplyDeleteWhat are the connections to the literature and to Doc and why he might not move to action much?
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