Background A Civil Action entails a major class action suit brought forth by several families against major conglomerates (including W.R. Grace chemical company and Beatrice Foods) that were alleged to have negligently damaged the environment of a small town to the extent that its practices led to the spread of leukemia. Jan‚ a personal injury attorney‚ decides to represent a woman that claims that her child and other neighbors of a small town in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with leukemia.
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movie -thesis I. BODY Marx-Class conflict The opening scene‚ Erin Brocovich demonstrates a modern-day example of the class conflict theory by Carl Marx. This scene reflects the idea of the lower class dominated by the upper class. Erin Brocovich appears to be from a lower class‚ with her dress attire and her use of language. The interviewer appears to have a professional career‚ which reflects a higher class position. Erin tries "to sell" herself for the position‚ without having a higher
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A Civil Action FACTS: This movie‚ A Civil Action‚ is about a lawsuit that began with the death of twelve people‚ and eight of those twelve people were children. This all takes place in the little city of Woburn Wells‚ Massachusetts. This is a small city that has two companies that are located really close to the cities river. One company is called W.R. Grace Company and the other is Beatrice Foods. Jan Schlitnmann is the main attorney for the plaintiff’s side along with his partners; Conway
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In the movie‚ A Civil Action‚ the plaintiff’s case commenced when a group of various parents and families suspected that the health related issues and deaths in their city of Woburn was the result of contaminated water. Although the attorney‚ Jan Schlichtmann‚ was reluctant to take the case at first because they didn’t have plausible cause “who is going to apologize to you when you don’t know who did it and pay me” [1]‚ he perceived that 2 corporations sat on the border of the river. Mr. Schlichtmann
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Today ladies and gentlemen i stand as a free citizen speaking upon civil rights violation. We live in the world full of hate and prejudges. People are being discriminated just because they are different. If someone is black or red or have different sexual orientation it doesn’t mean that that person doesn’t deserve to live and to be threaded as everybody else. You may think that it is small matter that black or Indian‚ or Asian child are not treated as other children in schools or on
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Erin Teague was born in 1982 in Detroit‚ Michigan. Her family lived in a neighborhood in Southfield‚ which is a suburb of Detroit‚ that had families that had money and those that were poor. She went to a public school in Southfield where many of the kids received either free lunches or discounted lunches. She excelled in her schooling and took as many honors and AP classes that were available to her. Even after taking these advanced classes she felt under prepared entering college. Growing up outside
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A Liberal View of The Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Affirmative Action‚ and the Leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. I:Civil Liberty Events: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Goal of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Affirmative Action The Civil Rights Act of 1964 marked a major liberal victory for Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Right Movement‚ since it provide a legal basis for equality and fairness to people of color in the United States government. This event was major legal success because
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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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Paper Princess Erin Watt‚“ Besides his sperm my father’s watch was the only thing he left behind” (chapter 1). This line was an absolute favorite of mine. It could be interpreted in so many different ways. Her tone could be bitter‚ feeling as if the man she she was supposed to call father only cared enough to just leave her a lousy watch. Or maybe she means to have a playful tone‚ laughing at the fact that he was so inconsiderate and that he doesn’t deserve any hateful feelings she has to offer.
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Four Hundred and twenty three pounds. The weight of somebody named Butter in the book that’s conveniently also called Butter‚ written by Erin Jade Lange. As previously stated‚ Butter is a morbidly obese 423- pound teenager‚ and goes to high school at Scottsdale‚ Arizona. He is pessimistic‚ embarrassed‚ and is very lonely to say the least. Butter despises school‚ and knows that everybody at his high school hates to see the sight of how enormous he is. Since everybody pre-judges Butter‚ he basically
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