How To Achieve Justice In Boxer

In Boxers, a group of Chinese men fight to kick out foreigners and get rid of all Christians. Throughout the book, we see how in their effort to achieve justice, they do many things that the foreigners and converted Chinese people see as evil. Because these men are blinded by their thirst for revenge, they act as evil as the people they are trying to get rid of. Therefore, because groups of people have different perspectives on how to solve situations, justice is not an ideal that should be fought for because justice will never be fully achieved and in the end, the people fighting for justice will regret their actions of hurting others to get their way and the blame will torment them.

Throughout the book, the Chinese people do everything they can to
Therefore, groups such as the Big Sword Society are formed to seek revenge and kick out the foreign devils and make secondary devils, Chinese people who convert into Christianity, renounce their faith. The Christians think that their ways of introducing their religion is correct. However, the Chinese people are insulted by their methods. On pages 18 and 19, we see how Father Bey, a Christian priest destroys Tu Di Gong, a sacred idol for Chinese people. On panel 6 of page 18, Father Bey says, “ Worship one God! Not idol!” After he destroys Tu Di Gong, on page 19, panel 3, we see the shocked and insulted faces of the Chinese people whose comments are, “ What the--?! I can’t believe--! Who does he think he is?!” As Father Bey leaves, we see the Chinese men, except for one, preparing to beat him on page 19, panel 4. Because the Christian very much insulted their beliefs, the Chinese men think that the best way to achieve justice and prevent such a disrespect from happening ever again, is to use violence. Also, on page 188, panel 2, Bao kills a Christian to ‘liberate’ the secondary devils but when his brother informs him that the secondary devils were on the train willingly, Bao orders to kill