Good And Evil In The Red Riding Trilogy

According to Jorah Mormont, “It’s tempting to see your enemies as evil, but there’s good and evil on both sides of every war ever fought.” This is fundamental in The Red Riding Trilogy. No one knows how deep the corruption is until it is too late. Those that were thought to be good were evil and those thought to be evil were good. The baddies at no point tried to hide how bad they were or how far they were willing to take things. Their motto was, “To the North- we do what we want.” They were just one child pushed out of a window away from being the Lannisters.
Traditionally kids are taught that good will always trump evil. This is so they do not become disillusioned at such a young age. This is perpetuated with fairytales. The Red Riding Trilogy is no fairytale. It is some Game of Thrones level shit. Rarely is it seen in media that evil triumphs unless of course, it is based on a true story or anywhere on the crime spectrum. Take a look at Law and Order for example. More often than not the bad guy gets away or they put the wrong guy in jail. That is the tradition with …show more content…
It was the first time that he experienced the corruption and evil within the very institution that was supposed to be good. Extenuating family circumstances were probably the only thing that kept Officer Adulterer alive. He was starting to discover the true evil of the police force and at the time Officer Do-gooder was mostly just trying to get the job done. Three years later, Officer Do-gooder starts to feel guilty for his part in the deaths of Journalist Daddy-Issues and Officer Adulterer, not to mention all the other horrible things he did to achieve the outcome the corruption wanted. He decides to take his Rebellion to the next level. His rebellion had started in 1974, but in 1983 it became the only thing keeping him