The relevance of Pain and Justice

I was at first at a loss for what I was to connect in this section. I decided to reflect back on previous books I have read and knowledge I have gained for an idea on what to discuss. What unfolded out of this process was the connection between Pain and Justice. When the two are combined it is almost a thought of a deserving punishment by those who have "done wrong" or feel they have diverged from the long and narrow path.

My mind is racing with ideas, so let me try and break this down so we are on the same page. People in todays society and the past as far back as can be recalled have had this constant mindset. When someone does wrong they are punished... sometimes physically and sometime mentally. They receive this "punishment" which causes some sort of pain to justify the wrong action that was committed. In a literary example I turn to the every famous, not so cheerful, Scarlet Letter.

Scarlet Letter was a story about a women named Hester whose husband sent her to America and was to meet back up with her shortly. He failed to arrive. She committed adultry and gave birth to a girl. As punishment she was forced to where this bright, scarlet, letter "A" on her breast as a visual way to show the town the crime she had commit. This forced her to live a life of shame and she was looked down upon by all. Her husband arrives and hearing of what has become of his wife, decides to keep his identity secret. The man who she had an affair with begins to go through major psychological stress, the cause unknown to the people. Her husband begins watching over him and sees that he has a scarlet letter slashed into his chest. He later exposes what he did and later dies. (more information at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-167,pageNum-5.html)

This story shows of the justice sort of punishment, Hester and her scarlet letter, as well the physical sort of punishment, as with Dimmesdale and his self inflicted pain. Dimmesdale went through his because of his guilt for what he had done. He knew that what he had done was wrong and his conscious caused him to go trough the agony that he did. Alot of times when someone is not punished by others for something they had done wrong, they are forced by there conscious to punish themselves. For example if a child breaks something of great value, but there other sibling get punished wrongly, the child will eventually confess to what they have done. It is a way of justice to themselves for wrong doing. Society is dependant of this pain and justice correlation to help individuals learn from there mistakes and to not make the same error again. This is how I view the relation of pain and justice.

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(An example of punishment long ago. Although inducing little physical punishment, it causes shame and disrespect)

WELCOME! this is Sean!! (sourkraut22)

Hello!

-Intro-

So my name is Sean and ill start with telling you a little about me. I am a freshman here at the University of Washington. I come here in hopes of pursuing a career in Aeronautical Engineering... good luck... my sites have changed dramatically over the past few months. I’m now leaning towards economics and other not so math related subjects.

So English... umm... I enjoy reading. I am caught up in a fantasy series by Terry Brooks. The original book: Sword of Shannara is an excellent book and I was hooked. I have been in some advanced English classes when I was in high school. Read all of those good old "dry but beneficial" books. Scarlet Letter, Much Ado about Nothing, Great Gatsby, Grapes of Wrath… you know... the usual.

-Background-

I am originally from Spokane although I've spent a small part of childhood growing up in the sticks... Montana. I miss home occasionally although I don't have much of a home to miss. My parents left and moved to Texas, a home I have never even seen, but I travel back to Spokane on breaks to visit friends. I am employed by Wal-Mart the most evil vile and vicious corporation known to man, although I am currently on a Personal Leave of Absence due to college. The pay was alright, contrary to popular belief. I have worked there approximately a year and a half, and have hated every minute of it. Each day I worked there, the more my character died. That store sucks the happiness and humor out of you. It is a corporation that exists with one goal in mind... global domination... well... I seem to be getting slightly off track, so lets move on to intrests.

-Interests-

I LOVE Music... I mean... everyone says that, but I would without a doubt DIE without it. I enjoy alternative music, rock and some occasional rap. Bands I enjoy would include:
*Mudvayne*, *S.O.A.D*, *Breaking Benjamin*, *Hawk Nelson*, *Crossfade*, *Cold*, *Audioslave*, *Trust Company*, *Tech N9ne*, *Falling Up*, *Under Oath* and well i think that is enough.

Other things I do... Sleep, Eat, Homework, hang out with friends, I used to run alot, Basketball, some Volleyball (We have a court outside our house) and that's about it.

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