Success at a Cost
“Not personal? That is my work! My sweat! My time away from my kids! If that's not personal, I don't know what is.” Erin Brockovich is poor, uneducated, and the mother of three young children with no spouse to support her. Even with all of these going against her, Erin is still successful. Her accomplishments throughout the film are due to her persistence and her ability to influence others, however, her success comes at the cost of children.
The main characteristic that sticks out about Erin is her persistence. The audience first sees this in the opening scene when Erin is applying for a job in the medical field with no previous experience in that profession. It is fairly obvious that Erin is not going to get the job, but she tries her absolute hardest to win over the doctor, but to no avail. When Erin did not understand the information for the PG&E case she drives out to the country to investigate. She even goes to UCLA to talk to a scientist about the toxicology report. Erin could have just given up trying to understand the file since it was not vital for her job, yet she persisted. “ ‘Course, …show more content…
Erin know just how to charm or intimidate someone to gets what she wants .The reason that she got her job at the law firm in the first place was due to her intimidating Ed into giving her one. When Erin starts collecting information about the PG&E case, she charms the man with the water papers to give her free access to all of the files. Also when her and Ed needed about 150 more people to testify, Erin went door to door and get that many people to come forward. Lastly, and most importantly Charles come forward with the documents that PG&E told him to burn. Charles does this because “I feel like I can talk to you too. Like you’re a person I can say anything to…” The only way that Erin was able to do this was because she charmed everyone she
“Not personal? That is my work! My sweat! My time away from my kids! If that's not personal, I don't know what is.” Erin Brockovich is poor, uneducated, and the mother of three young children with no spouse to support her. Even with all of these going against her, Erin is still successful. Her accomplishments throughout the film are due to her persistence and her ability to influence others, however, her success comes at the cost of children.
The main characteristic that sticks out about Erin is her persistence. The audience first sees this in the opening scene when Erin is applying for a job in the medical field with no previous experience in that profession. It is fairly obvious that Erin is not going to get the job, but she tries her absolute hardest to win over the doctor, but to no avail. When Erin did not understand the information for the PG&E case she drives out to the country to investigate. She even goes to UCLA to talk to a scientist about the toxicology report. Erin could have just given up trying to understand the file since it was not vital for her job, yet she persisted. “ ‘Course, …show more content…
Erin know just how to charm or intimidate someone to gets what she wants .The reason that she got her job at the law firm in the first place was due to her intimidating Ed into giving her one. When Erin starts collecting information about the PG&E case, she charms the man with the water papers to give her free access to all of the files. Also when her and Ed needed about 150 more people to testify, Erin went door to door and get that many people to come forward. Lastly, and most importantly Charles come forward with the documents that PG&E told him to burn. Charles does this because “I feel like I can talk to you too. Like you’re a person I can say anything to…” The only way that Erin was able to do this was because she charmed everyone she