And Then There Were None Essay

Life is a search for justice, but is Justice in search of justice? People want justice for the crimes that have been committed by other onto them or because they think that they deserve justice. The simple definition of justice is "The process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals" (Merraim). However, some people decide to take matter into their own hands and try to attain or give justice. In the mystery novel, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, a judge name Justice Wargrave seeks out to bring justice to the guests of the island by killing them without anyone of the guests knowing who the culprit is. As a judge, Justice Wargrave's career is to deal with justice and he seeks for justice by killing off the guests on Indian Island in which the
They must be able to understand and know the laws very well to hold the position of a judge for a career. The character of Justice Wargrave, has always been for justice and had instincts for legal profession. In the epilogue of the novel, Justice Wargrave writes the confession letter of what he had done on Indian island, then he puts the letter in a bottle and throws it away in the sea for anyone to find. In the letter, Wargrave states, "I have a reputation as a hanging judge, but that is unfair. I have always been strictly just and scrupulous in my summing up of a case" (Christie 352). In his statement, he gives his world that he has always been a fair judge. Justice Wargrave claims to have great knowledge of criminals and which sometimes seem to mislead the jury. He gave justice to Edward Seton, a character who was tried for murder, by sentencing him to death even when the jury did not find any evidence against him. Wargrave tends to take matter in his own hands for self administered justice. After all the cases he as went through in his career as a judge, Justice Wargrave knows what justice