In A Civil Action you witness how different characters lived their life’s with different principles. There are three characters that can be examined by Henry David Thoreau essay “Life Without Principle”, which are Jan Schlichtmann, Jerry Facher, and Anne Anderson. Jan Schlichtmann, is a successful personal-injury attorney and lives his life by using his clients’ injuries and pain in order to advance financially. Jerry Facher, who was also an attorney, knew how to win a case. He lived his life always saying that people could be bought out. Anne Anderson was a simple woman. Anne lost her child due to contaminated water in her town. She lived her life without a care about money. Those three characters all lived by different principles.
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Facher lived his life thinking that everyone could be paid out. One example you see of Facher’s attitude was when, “He got the call from another attorney telling him that his company that he represented was going to be sued. Facher took the news very well and he continued to tell the other attorney to offer money as a quick settlement because everyone had a price” (A Civil Action). Facher was also a teacher who told his students that the whole point in a lawsuit was to get money. The settlement would always be money and if you offered the person the right amount there would be no need to go to court. Facher was a smart man but lived his life in a way that wasn’t right. He did not respect others and he gained his wealth in a way that is best described by Thoreau essay’s, “As for the means of living, it is wonderful how indifferent men of all classes are about, even reformers, so called – whether they in herit, or earn, or steal it” (Thoreau 367). Facher earned his wealth from getting his clients off from going to court by offering low settlements to those trying to sue them. Thanks to this Facher believed that anyone could be bought out with the right amount of
Firstly, Jan …show more content…
Facher lived his life thinking that everyone could be paid out. One example you see of Facher’s attitude was when, “He got the call from another attorney telling him that his company that he represented was going to be sued. Facher took the news very well and he continued to tell the other attorney to offer money as a quick settlement because everyone had a price” (A Civil Action). Facher was also a teacher who told his students that the whole point in a lawsuit was to get money. The settlement would always be money and if you offered the person the right amount there would be no need to go to court. Facher was a smart man but lived his life in a way that wasn’t right. He did not respect others and he gained his wealth in a way that is best described by Thoreau essay’s, “As for the means of living, it is wonderful how indifferent men of all classes are about, even reformers, so called – whether they in herit, or earn, or steal it” (Thoreau 367). Facher earned his wealth from getting his clients off from going to court by offering low settlements to those trying to sue them. Thanks to this Facher believed that anyone could be bought out with the right amount of