How Does Carl Lee Get Justice In A Time To Kill

How exactly far would a parent go to keep their children safe and protect them from the bad in the outside world? In the novel A Time to Kill, by John Grisham, an african american man, Carl Lee, takes matters into his own hands in order to protect his very young daughter, Tonya. Carl Lee has murdered the men that had messed with his daughter and is now on trial due to livid actions. For parents in a situation like this, they will never feel the full justice needed. Can matters take a wrong turn or will they look up for the justice needed for the family?
Carl Lee did what he had to do to protect his daughter and even the rest of his family, I believe that he deserves justice for his actions even though he could have handled it a whole lot better. The two men, Billy Ray Cobb and Willard raped and tortured Carl Lee’s daughter, Tonya, and left her to die. Carl Lee didn’t think that justice would be served to the two men that hurt his little girl because they were white and he and his family were black so he put justice in his own hands. Fear and anger rose above him and he took a military grade weapon from the Vietnam War and Carl Lee Hailey gunned down those two men. As written on page 91, “When Cobb reached the second step from the floor, and willard was three steps behind, and Looney was

one step off the landing, the small, dirty, neglected, unnoticed door to the janitor’s closet burst open and Mr.

Carl Lee Hailey sprang from the darkness with an M-16. At point-blank range he opened fire.” His

family and the rest of his community were proud of him for taking action and protecting his family. Written on page 94, “The front door opened slowly and the Hailey family emerged. Carl Lee walked to the edge of the porch with Tonya in his arms, The children had tried to understand. Their daddy had tried to explain to them what he had just done, and why. They could not comprehend why he had to be arrested and taken to jail.” Carl Lee’s family, sad and agitated at the actions of their father, was proud of him for handling business the way it should have been handled. Carl Lee got revenge on the men who hurt his his daughter. He took serious measures so that the men could not hurt anyone else ever again.
Even though some may say that the way Carl Lee handled business may have been too drastic but he did what he had to in order to keep his family safe. No one deserves to be raped and tortured like she was, and they sure enough don’t deserve to see them out and about, free as ever. Carl Lee did what he had to do to keep his family safe and he got the justice that he deserved.