Daniel Patino - Erin Brockavich

1. Erin's aggressive pursuit of a job does stem from the fact that she is a single mother struggling to support her family because she needs the money to be able to keep her family stable, while her family is falling apart because of all these financial problems. She's very high in debt and has three kids that need to be taken care of while she's giving it her all to find a job. I personally think that Erin's sense of what's right or what's wrong is not greater than the average American because she has this way of talking to people in a very inappropriate way, she swears without caring and has no filter on stating her opinion. For example, when Erin got the news that she was fired from Mr. Masry's office she went into Ed's office and started to yell at him without caring who was around her but what was more rude was the fact that when an employee told her that calling in for work was important, Erin turned around and disrespected her by saying "I wasn't talking to you b****".

2. At the beginning of the film I though attorney Ed Masry was a dedicated man, dedicated to winning Erin Brockavich’s case, he looked like a very nice man when he first met with Erin, but that wasn’t what was going on. Once the court day was over Masry didn’t even bother keeping up with the case or doing something afterwards he just left it as that. I believe that Mr. Masry didn’t work as hard for Erin’s case as he did for some other clients who might have been million dollar corporations. I believe that the reason was because Erin was low income, and dressed unprofessionally which made him not really care and think less of her, but if it was for someone who was a millionaire, Mr. Masry most likely would have given it his all. In my personal opinion I believe an attorney should give the same service to every client regardless of the revenue that the client represents because attorney’s are made to fight for their client and be dedicated, just because someone is low income doesn’t mean an attorney shouldn’t try. It should be equal with all clients no matter what their revenue is. At the end of the film though my opinion of Ed Masry throughout the film changed, at first I thought he was a good man but then I thought he was lazy and non-caring, but finally at the end I believe Mr. Masry was supportive and his view on things changed. Mr. Masry only cared about money at the beginning and about himself, but Erin made him see a different perspective in life, Erin showed Mr. Masry that fighting for the people was important, that fighting for people who were getting sick and had terrible health issues was worth defending.

3. Erin Brockavich’s work ethic is filled with dedication, she does whatever she wants to do and go’s for it. For example, Erin wasn’t hired by Mr. Masry at all but being in need for a job and determined to work at Mr. Masry’s office, she just showed up in the office and said that she was going work there, she didn’t even have an interview but I believe her dedication for work and finding a job all builds from her family. Every time it involves work or money she mentions her kids which shows that her work ethic revolves around her family, but her work ethic also revolves around her pride, if she wants to do something she goes ahead and does it, she doesn’t care what anybody says she shows no fear.

4. I actually do agree with Erin's perspective on receiving the amount of money she think the PG&E company has to pay up for the same reason that the poisonous water has affected many people. The attorney's think that 20 million dollars was to much money and it also looked like they thought the case wasn't a big deal, but Erin Brockavich sets them straight and tells them what kind of terrible things has happen to people. The water had Chromium-6 a chemical that caused cancer and has made their life rough.