In the selection “The Myth of Justice,” Michael Dorris attacks the American idea of justice. Dorris, a highly acclaimed Native American writer, has received awards ranging from the National Book Critics Circle award to awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. After his death in 1997, he is now one of the most celebrated Native American writers of his generation. Our culture’s idea of justice conflicts with Dorris’s idea that there is no …showed first 75 words of 844 total…

…showed last 75 words of 844 total…still believe in justice after the reading. Maybe justice can be bought, but most likely the price is too high. And as far as us putting a reason behind everything, let us do that. Maybe it does make life bearable, but why is that so bad? I like going through life with an easy stride, not looking behind me constantly to see if I am going to be looted of what I believe in, justice.