After reading the story of Tata Selo, I feel pity towards Tata Selo, the old man that became a murderer because of the injustices that he experienced. The old man experienced cruelties such as being physically assaulted by the kabesa, have his land taken because of poverty, having known that his daughter was sexually exploited and even go to prison for defending himself. He did not gain justice for all these injustices that he experienced. I pity the old man even though we know that murder is an immoral and dreadful crime to us, human. It is sad to think that the reality of injustice had led the old man to do the most heinous of things such as murder. And the thought that, he can’t defend himself and can’t do anything because he is poor. Based on all the experiences of Tata Selo in the story, we can relate it to the reality that we experience. The reality of injustice that the story presents. The story shows injustices such ...