Oliver Twist The Blind Woman

The Blind Woman / Oliver Twist In today’s American justice system the law is supposed to be blind. Often we se this reflected in a statue of a lady with a blindfold over her head. However, in Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist we see that justice is far from blind and in fact prejudice against the poor and less fortunate, in nineteenth century England. Dickens distaste for the justice system is clearly conveyed while Oliver …

…Everyday we should question whether or not our judges and the people in power are doing a good job. I commend Dickens that he questions the judicial system while most people of his time ignored it. The rich Mr. Brownlow had no idea how bad it was, probably most people didn’t know how bad the court system was – a lot like today? Is justice blind or is the public blind to the corrupt justice?