True Justice In The Horse And His Boy

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Throughout history, both in fictional and non-fictional situations, justice can be viewed by some as an easily distorted subject. This problem is evidenced by innumerable cultures, which all eventually collapsed by both the moral and physical laws imposed by that government at the time. But one thing can be known for certain: the Holy Bible, written by God through the Holy Spirit, contains many of the answers to this mystery, which for so long baffled the world. Furthermore, however much one individual or nation may try to define it, the fact still remains - true justice is something that cannot be perfectly achieved by man alone, and no matter how much it is striven for, humans solely cannot come to an errorless conclusion of such an elusive …show more content…
Throughout the story, there are countless places where C.S. Lewis communicates how true morals cannot be accomplished - or defined - alone, but only by a divine authority. A clear instance of Calormene justice is pictured through the following excerpt: "That's my fear... Wife; or slave which is worse" (Lewis, TH&HB 68). Prince Rabadash, a son of the powerful Tisroc, desires Susan as his wife. He will stop at nothing to have her, and later, leads an attack on Narnia, his primary purpose being for Susan. This is strikingly similar to Greek justice and philosophy, where a man's choices were solely based off of what he thought best, not for others or the law. "The scratches on your back... were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother's slave" (Lewis, TH&HB 201). Aslan explains to Aravis that she had received the same amount of lashes on her back as her slave, whom Aravis selfishly allowed to be whipped for her own gain. As indicated here, Narnian justice is fair and equal, no matter how painfully real or direct it may feel. Although Calormene justice may seem so easy and believable at the time, it in the end hurts that nation's morals, thinking, and future prosperity for both the people and the