Topic > Analysis of The Trials Of Oz - 650

Highlighting the theme of conflicting perspectives in Geoffrey Robertson's "The Trials Of Oz", particularly in his essays, The Romans in Britain and The Trials of Oz, is the biased nature by Geoffrey Robertson as he attempts to adopt his own view of events, personalities and situations, to convince the reader of the validity of his argument. A perspective is a point of view, and a contrasting perspective is where two points of view collide. Similarly, Jason Reitman's film "Thank You For Smoking" is a satire of the perception of promoting smoking, but not to the level where it is ignored, as no character smokes in the film. "The Trials of Oz" is a depiction of Robertson's personal argument against a thinking, cautious society and Robertson's personal battle to be "the flag bearer of the alternative society". "The Trials of Oz" is Robertson's perspective of the Crown's prosecution of the publishers of Oz due to the corruption of public morals. He describes the editors of Oz as good and noble men who are about to be concerned about a "miscarriage of justice" at the hands of "Judge Argyle". The textual form is used in his description of Judge Argyle's backward actions which is used to position Robertson against Argyle as the man who is right. This is clear in Robertson's description of Argyle's "three-year sentences against three youths who had vandalized telephone booths" as Argyle saw these youths as "delinquents who represented the evils of eligible society." Robertson exposes this "miscarriage of justice" in the form of jury members being selected than desired by Oz's editors. Robertson juxtaposes the jury made up of “hardhats from every site in Kent” with the editorial team looking for “a gay actor, a balanced mind… at the heart of the paper… of their industries, drugs, alcohol or tobacco, which contribute to more deaths every year in America. Naylor claims that "my product puts away 475,000 a year" and is very pleased that the level of alcohol-related deaths is tiny compared to "100,000 in a year? Wowee... a tragedy. Sorry if I don't" I don't exactly see terrorists getting excited about kidnapping anyone who is part of the alcohol industry. The emotionless face next to the close-ups of Naylor comparing terrorism-related deaths to alcohol-related deaths highlights the his lack of care towards human life is seen from the rapid transition of shots between the two during the conversation, which increases the competitiveness of the topic of Naylor, who ultimately represents the tobacco industry. outlines the satirical nature of the scene which demonstrates the lack of moral concern received.