The Round House is a novel that gives the reader some information about what happens and how racial differences affect people in society. The story describes the challenges that people on reservations experience by focusing on a family living on an Indian reservation in North Dakota. The novel begins with the brutal rape of Joe's mother while she was at work retrieving a file. Apparently, the attacker was a white man and therefore the tribal police could not convict him because they had no jurisdiction over people who resided outside the reservation. This created complications because if the legal system could not govern the crime, the rapist would go free. To prevent this from happening, Joe decides to take matters into his own hands, taking illegal measures to ensure that the rapist pays for his crime. The theme of justice is important in the novel because it shapes the character of the protagonist, Joe, from a child to an adult and the overall result is an increase in crime. From the beginning, Joe was aware that there would be complications with the investigation. At t...