The Night Of Character Analysis

The Night Of was a story full of injustice and poor moral behavior. The show displayed how selfish people are in the world. It seems that most people tend to think of themselves before others. In the show the police force carried the wrong attitude with their everyday job. The Detectives put their reputations above the truth and the lawyers seek out opportunity for a quick buck when they saw somebody in a bad situation. It seems many people decide to take on justice serving jobs looking forward to serving true justice, but eventually get a feel for how powerful the law is and end up taking advantage of the justice system. They decide to make bad moral decisions for their own self benefit. Clearly justice isn’t always worth the right moral …show more content…
The police don’t care for what they signed up for. The detective digs deep to find the truth, but finds himself in a situation where the truth could get to him. The lawyers look for those stuck in a bad situation so they can take on the opportunity to gain money. Justice is supposed to be about fairness and rightness. Nasir Khan got a taste of how wrong the justice system and the people working in the justice system are. So many characters in The Night Of weren’t about doing what was morally right in their job task. It was more about “What can benefit me.” To most people, it’s just a job being part of the law. It’s the sad truth that those who represent us probably don’t truly care about what happens to us. Nasir was about to spend the rest of his life in a jail cell. His family would have lost their relationship with their son. John Stone, Allison Crowe, Dennis Box, and the police force didn’t consider how their decisions would affect others so greatly. That’s what’s so scary about the world we live in. People only look out for themselves when it comes to making decisions. It was luck that in the end Nasir Khan got another shot at life. All of this shows how unjust, unfair, and how selfish the world/law can