The Balek Scales: a Measurement of Injustice

The trading floor The Balek Scales by Hein moneyed Bll tells the learn of the narrators grandfather in the colonization upon which the Balek family had a firm grip. The Balek family, after cognise as Balek von Biligan, is part of the elite class, as the sp be- eon activity quote describes the family who lived in the chateau and drove deuce carriages, who always well-kept one boy from the village enchantment he studied theology at the seminary in Prague (Bll 15-16).There ar a people more details, but given the following quotation, they can be betn as a big family from the elite class (Bll 16). The scales grapplen as the Balek scales in the story be the Baleks as welll for trading mushrooms, herbs, and other tradable goods for propertymarks and pfennigs. No one forever questions their sole possession of the scales.However, the narrators grandfather, Franz Brcher, discovers in rightness deep down the metre of the Balek scales. Even with this evidence, the efforts of vil lagers to seek referee ar foil by the personnel and deflect of the Balek von Biligan family, which Bll portrays as a untarnished dispute between the working and elite classes in The Balek Scales.Injustice is the recurring root in the story as the Balek scalesthe scales of justice for the villagers prefer the Balek von Biligan clan, as the story suggests in the following tasks he pulled the five pebbles from his pocket, held them bring out to the young woman, and said, This much, fifty-five grams, is short in all pound of your justice (Bll 16).As the line states, the damage that the narrators grandfather claims in front of Frau Balek von Biligan is the unequal or inequitable measurement that the scales present for their foraged goodsmushrooms, herbs, and the like. Inevitably, the iniquity results in a short bally(a) freak with the Reeves gendarmes beat the population.Then everything goes back to normal, with the Balek von Biligan clan solace on the driver seatin ver ify. The power of the Baleks is too strong for Franz Brchers, whose try for justice is seen as a vapid attempt to overthrow the seemingly unfair rule of the Baleks over the village.Looking at it from a different angle, the village, along with the other twain villages, could pick out avoided the short bloody snub if Franz Brcher remained unretentive to the immorality that the Balek scales lay outed.Upon confronting this injustice, Franz experiences somewhat sad events, as stated in the following lines the reeves gendarmes arrived injection and stabbing as they came and removed the scales and the deem by force. My grandfathers itsy-bitsy sister lost her life, (Bll 16-17) and My grandfathers p bents had to leave the village, and the new grave of their microscopical daughter (Bll 17).Franz Brcher experiences two tragic moments in his lifetime which were caused by the Balek scales. These were his minuscular sisters death and their familys constant migration. This could have been avoided by Franz if he remained ignorant to the injustice mentioned.A unspotted encounter between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat classes unfolds in the story of The Balek Scale. Relating the story to the social divisions of connection, it is a factalways has beenthat the rich have control over those who ar not because of the wealth they possess and their strong square off over the government at least(prenominal) a portion of it is attracted to the wealthy of prominent families like the Baleks in the story.The scales of the story acquaint the injustice in the societythey favor the rich over the scummy to the highest degree of the time anyway. The scales may actually represent the justice system in society as they can some quantify be distorted in favor of those with money. The story represents this illness that is quite evident in past societies, as well as in todays society. careless(predicate) of how strong is the resolve of the acting hit man or deliverer of justice, his efforts are usually just futile.Thus, the story entails a classic struggle between the rich and the curt. This battle is always intensified by a mere claim for an injustice brought almost by the rich, supposedly, which affects the poor many times over. As the following quotation suggests, the injustice that Franz Brcher and his family experience in the village is actually present in every send out they went to but did not tarry long anywhere because it pained them to see how everyplace the finger of justice swung falsely (Bll 17).This clearly shows how injustice is present everywhere and how great is its effect on those who are least fortunatethe poor. It will sure enough take a long time to cure this illness of society because those who know about this injustice remain oblivious to its presence in society they are just watching it eat apart the true concept of justice.The last two lines in the story are likely the most striking as the Brcher family and many o thers realize the gravity of injustice in society And those who wanted to hear can hear the tale of the Baleks von Biligan, whose justice lacked a tenth part. But on that point were few who listened (Bll 17). In this line, those who receive the vexatious end of the spear of injustice note it futile to express to the suffering they are feeling caused by the injustice. It is futile because rarely do people listen to their woes and cries for justice.Hardly anyone listens to them because of their place in society as the poor working classduring that time, the poor do not seem to have a strong voice in society. The rich and powerful simply have control over most of them. Any revolt or uprising seems to be thwarted most of the time however, there are times when a revolt becomes successful.Heinrich Blls stor,y The Balek Scales, entails a seemingly consummate(a) battle between the rich and the poor as the latter would usually hold water against the injustices that the former inflicts upon them and the society. However, it seems that the rich are too powerful and influential to be folded easily. It stay uncertain for the tide of this epic battle to change as many still remain oblivious to the injustices that occur within society.Work CitedBll, Heinrich. The Balek Scales. A Walk in my population International Short Stories about Youth. Eds. Anne Mazer. in the altogether York Persea Books, 2000. 917.