ERIN BROKOVICH (2000) Movie Review The story started when Erin (Julia Roberts)‚ after an unsuccessful interview‚ got into a car accident. With that incident‚ she sought help of a lawyer. That’s when he met Ed (Albert Finney). Erin filed a personal injury case against a doctor‚ but she failed in the case and that left her even broke than before. Add to it her twice-divorced jobless status. She looked for a job and then she ended up as a clerk of her lawyer. While in a firm‚ she saw these real properties
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS – To Kill a Mockingbird Character | Characteristics/Qualities | Important Quotes | Additional Information | ATTICUS | Atticus has integrity and believes that abiding the law (courthouse and humanity) is necessary.He demonstrates the qualities: * Humbleness/ modesty: he does not want attention for his good deeds. * Integrity * Loyalty: to his family and courthouse. * No prejudice: with regards to the coloured people. * Honesty: he was prepared to turn in Jem as a murderer
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February 10th‚ 2014 Character Analysis "Go ahead‚ Dr. Scott. Alternatively‚ should I say‚ Dr. ‘Von’ Scott‚” was said by the notorious Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Dr. Frank-N-Furter was a self-proclaimed “Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania” and the main antagonist of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He is somewhat different from most villains as he dons female attire‚ stockings‚ a corset and high heels. His main goal was to create a perfect man as his own sexual plaything‚ which he does in
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True Story of Erin Brockovich Anderson v. PG&E [pic] Michael Kelly Business Law Professor Chowdry Erin Brockovich is the story of a woman who helped 650 people in Hinkley California get justice for the actions of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E.) The case was titled Anderson v. PG&E and was actually settled outside of court. It was settled in the Superior Court for the County of San Bernardino‚ Barstow Division. The parties agreed on a settlement of
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In the film Erin Brockovich‚ several different social theories can be related to the storyline of the film. Although different‚ theories from Karl Marx‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber can all adequately describe what happens in the film. The film is about a small law firm that takes on an extremely powerful organization‚ PG & E (Pacific Gas & Electric)‚ on the account that they were knowingly polluting Hinkley‚ California’s water supply and harming the citizens. From Karl Marx‚ the film can
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Emily the Fallen Rose In the story “A Rose for Emily”‚ William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. Her character is portrayed through physical description‚ her actions‚ feelings and words‚ and through the narrator ’s remarks about Emily’s nature‚ and through the actions‚ words‚ and feelings‚ of the other characters. In "A Rose for Emily"‚ William Faulkner creates a story about a woman who loses her sense of reality
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the fect that he is the only character in the tale who doesn’t cheat or trick someone. Despite this‚ he’s the one who suffers the most throughout the tale. His wife‚ Alisoun‚ cheats on him. He is tricked into spending the night in a bathtub hanging from the rafters of his house. He ends up falling‚ embarrassing himself in front of the town. Alisoun‚ John’s wife‚ is also Nicholas’s lover. She is well-known as being beautiful‚ married at only 18. She is the only character who goes unpunished in the
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Q2 : Do you agree with Erin Brockovich’s action ? why or why not? Yes I’m agreeing with Erin action. Erin as a legal Clerk has doing her responsibility to society. In her investigation‚ when she runs across some file on a pro bono case involving medical records in real-estate files‚ she had found that the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the cause of water drinking contaminator in the southern California town of Hinkley. This contaminator threatens the health of an entire community.
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Two Different Ways to Murder Thousands of People Hotel Rwanda and Erin Brockovich are two provocative films that take a look at separate deviant acts but still present similar dangerous social problems. The conflicts that are portrayed are different in the means of operation but both share a similar end with the endangerment of thousands of people. We will examine how these deviant decisions affect both their societies and the reasons behind these atrocious acts. Hotel Rwanda is a very graphic
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In the fantasy novel‚ Warriors‚ The Apprentices Quest‚ Erin Hunter shows how not all things are what they seem. Erin Hunter uses the forest as her setting. In the novel‚ a young apprentice named Alderpaw receives a vision to go and find what’s in the shadows‚ and save a long-forgotten clan. He decides to go on a journey to save Skyclan. On the way‚ Alderpaw’s close friend and leader of the party‚ Sandstorm dies. But they continued their journey. A young ShadowClan apprentice named Needlepaw helps
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