Street Lawyer
The most common tale we hear of lawyers today is one of fast-rising, high-billing, no-feeling type of lawyers. Most people overlook the lawyers that do pro-bono work. (That is work for free for the charity of those who can't afford it.) Michael Brock started off as another lawyer who was on the fast track to partnership in a large firm with big billing habits. One day his life was changed forever after being held hostage by and seeing the death of a homeless man who was evicted by his firm. He made the drastic change to being a pro-bono lawyer and left behind one million dollars a year (not to mention a wife and an expensive apartment) for thirty thousand dollars a year. John Grisham tells the story of this man in his novel The Street Lawyer
He relates to all Americans who are after success. The novel is both morally convicting and makes one think of others. For the real Mordecai Greens in the world, the novel is "a quiet tribute for your work in the trenches. This novel still appeals to anyone who enjoys Grisham but has also added to his audience the soft at heart. Thank you to those, like Michael Brock, who experience both worlds but give up the money, give up the power, and live for what they know is right and just. Grisham produces characters that should be role models for all Americans. This is why he thinks most endure the long, hard hours of law or medical school and training. By the time one graduates, money has taken over their thoughts and he or she cares little for the client or patient. Grisham believes that in the beginning, most people want to help others. " These words come from Grisham himself. Mordecai Green in the novel represents these people well as he defends the homeless. Even though they are not rich, famous, or beautiful, without the Merdecai Greens and Michael Brocks, our world would be a place with more hate and anger than is imaginable. This is a bold assumption, but one that Grisham makes often.
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