In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” Choose a character from a novel or pla
y who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the work as a whole.
Edmond Dantes had his life taken from him by the greediness of his best friend. His lover was taken, his respect, his famly, his goods. But when he finally escaped prison and made a new life for himself, he regained his life and annoucend justice when he took everything from his best friend.
