How Is Justice Completely Blind

In Webster’s Dictionary the word justice is defined by the words fairness and rightfulness. Around the world, the figure of justice is portrayed as blind from all information but objective facts. In the novel Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo, the figure of justice is meant to be completely blind, but it does not stay totally blind. Jean Valjean, the main character of the novel had been a prisoner for 19 years. When he was released from prison he was given a yellow ticket that identified him as a criminal. This made Valjean unable to live a normal life again. Today, due to the media and the abundance of information that is available for everyone on the internet these days, this system of justice is not always executed properly. These two instances of the yellow ticket in Les Miserables and the media today resulted in no blind justice for those who are affected. The
The justice is not completely blind because Jean Valjean is not a criminal but he was a result of a slightly corrupt justice system during that time period in France. The justice system was not intended to be blind. Jean Valjean’s open justice was not in court, it was when he was traveling from town to town. Every time he enters a town he must present a yellow passport, showing that he is an ex-convict. This causes people to instantly look down on Valjean and treat him worse than a normal person. Since he is an ex-convict, anytime he does something he is quick to be arrested, because of his past. When he stays with the Bishop of Digne and steals some silverware he is quickly arrested. Luckily the Bishop was very gracious and let Jean Valjean go by teaching him some lessons. Valjean does continue to face adversity because of his past. He is later wanted back in prison because he is thought to be disguising himself, to hide his ex-convict identity. Blind justice was clearly not evident in the life of Jean