Jaybriel Haynes-Erin Brockavich

Jaybriel Haynes (4 years old)

Erin Brockovich

1.Does Erin Brockovich's aggressive pursuit of a job stem from the fact that she is a single mother struggling to support her family ? Do you think that because Erin lives in a very simple but financially disadvantaged life, her sense of "right" or "wrong" is greater than the average American's? Is Erin pushy, in your opinion or is she just doing what she has in order to survive ?

Yes i personally feel that not only is Erin a single mother she is someone who wants what’s better for the people of her community and her work ethic is driven by the doubt of people who don’t have to struggle to pay bills and what comes with being a single mother of three children. Yes Erin is pushy but in a sense of when she is trying to get her point across to people in the movie like Ed Masry he doubts Erin in the scene when they have two families together at a house trying to get them to agree with signing papers. Erin’s sense of “right” and “wrong” in this movie i feel have been based off of how the community has responded to the case about their water supply and what it has done to the families in the town.

2.What is your opinion of attorney Ed Masry at the beginning of the film? Do you think that he worked as hard for Erin Brockovich's case as he might have for some of the firm's clients who might have been million dollar corporations? Do you think that attorneys should give the same service to every client regardless of the revenue that client represents?

In the Beginning of the film Ed Masry appeared to me as a jerk because he didn’t seem to be as engaged to Erin as he was to her in the end of the movie . I feel as if Ed Masry would have not worked hard for any other case because Erin was the one to find the case about PG&E in the first place and she brought it to Ed’s attention. No i do not feel as if every attorney gives the same service to their clients but in the case of this movie Erin was granted a job and was fired and rehired .

3.Do you think that Erin Brokovich sees herself as more than just a temporary employee? Does she see herself s more than Mr.Masry's secretary or assistant? Does this influence how Erin does her job?

I think Erin sees herself as an activist for the community and the work she does in the movie becomes more than the “I am a single mother with three children” saying she says it becomes “I cannot leave my job although it helps feed my children i need to help these people too” type of saying and the viewers of the movie can watch her statement change throughout the movie. Erin Brockovich in the movie to me is more than Ed Masry assistant i feel as if she is his teacher as well because in certain scenes of the movie when Mr.Masry wasn’t able to sympathize with some of the characters Erin showed him how and towards the end of the movie when Mr.Masry was talking to the townspeople they started to walk away when he started talking about the towns people as individuals then he caught there attention when he started saying things that sounded or had a similar to the words Erin would say.

4.In meeting with PG&E attorneys, Erin makes a compelling argument for a higher settlement amount for the nearly 400 Plaintiffs involved in the case. Again, Erin Brockovich appeals to the opposing attorneys sense of right or wrong. do you agree with Erin's perspective?

I Agree with Erins perspective because she brings up how the people that work with PG&E don’t have to worry about their drinking water and how they should step inside the shoes of the 400 People who live in the town who have gotten sick.Erin brings up the women and men and how how they have to worry about doctor visits for their lungs,kidneys and uterus infections and diseases that the PG&E company workers don’t have to worry about .