what is injustice?

In the Turgenev text, one could skim through, and here, the story of a young man on his last journey, would seem somewhat melancholic, however to truly see what Turgenev is really trying to conveys lies deep within the text. In the beginning paragraphs he begins to introduce this story as a part of his Parisian experience. Sure, one may think of Paris and instantly fall upon the thought of love in the springtime underneath the Eiffel tower, but Turgenev feels such remorse for the cultural experience he would never forget. A beheading, a rightful way for a serial murder to die. However, its the intricate stories of those who carry out such a task that could make one question; what moral lie behind the the executioner of pure hands, the mayor who does what the people want? Is it "social justice" for a town to congregate around the execution of a "child?" Is it just to watch the lame dog in agony? Should it be right to let the dog suffer knowing that the only thing it has left to look forward to is a long drawn out death? The dog represent the dehumanization they forced upon Tropmann before his execution. They strip him of his clothes and cut off his hair, which could be a reminder of biblical times. When Samson's hair is cut, he loses all his power, he is captured and chained to the pilars of the temple of the Phillistines. He calls out to God to ask him for a last gift of strength so that he could pull the pillars down, to kill the Phillistine so that the Israelites.Much like Samson, Tropmann had the chance to take his own life, but for some reason he lets them take him to the stands. Turgenev dehumanizes the mob of people, much like the Phillistines who were seen as biblical mob. They become sea urchins in a dirty, unorderly wave. Turgenev definitely expresses great guilt for not only Tropmann,but himself. He believes that such a sight is a sin. He believes that you still possess the blood on your hands when you know, that eventhough one has taken a life, taking his life is also a burden, not to be seen as glamorous nor heroic. He knows that doing what the majority wants is not necessarily what is just. In the last moments before Tropmann's death, he fights for the last moment of his life. During this time Turgenev is rendered helpless by his emotion towards Tropmann, to where he almost faints. In the last moments of Samson's life, God grants him the strength to pull down the pillars of the temple, killing the Phillistines and freeing the Israelites from bondage, but not without taking his own life. Before this Samson gave into temptation, where he lost his god-given strength, but redeemed himself in his last moment of life. When Tropmann struggles in the stands, was it for his own selfish desire to live, or was it the last act to show what humanity had become, in the hope to free the immoral souls of the crowd, from the bondage of what they believed was socially just? As the crowd dispursed we can see nothing has changed. The Philistines did not die, but Turgenev, was an Israelite freed from the bondage, by the sinner who gave his life in the hope to save others, for reconciliation of the ones he took . By writing the story of Tropmann's execution, Turgenev works towards the penance of himself as well as Tropmann, by asking us: what is truly injust?