Evil from Jana’ata

  Throughout the book there are several examples of evil involving the Jana'ata. The Jana'ata use the Runa society as literally as means to an end. The idea of arendt is shown various times. The Jana'ata breed the Runa to satisfy themselves. The Runa have an absence of rights and freedom but do not seem to even notice this due to the Jana'ata manipulating them. Ironically the Jana'ata value honour and justice highly and believe themselves to be stewards and guardians of the Runa. The Jana'ata seem to be all about balance -- coincidentally much like the symbol for justice. They choose when the Runa can breed and how many offspring they can produce and when they may do so. As mentioned before, they do this in order to control population. If too many offspring are produced, the solution is simply to kill the babies to remain 'balanced'. This can be seen as an example of moral evil.
                                                -Jessica Frias