In the novel, The Partner, John Grisham presents the reader with a character that is ever evolving. The character of Eva Miranda is introduced to the reader as one type of individual who develops into a completely different person. Not only does the reader discover who the character is, but so does the chararcter herself. Eva ends up getting herself engolfed into a trying relationship that makes her question her very being. She follows the lead of a man that she dearly loved and ended up a deviant individual. Initially a man named Danilo Silva won the heart of Eva Miranda and introduced her to a life of felonious activity. Convinced that their love was strong Eva stood by her man up until the point in which she could no longer subject herself to the anguish that was brought upon her.
Eva started out at a independent successful lawyer on her way to the top. After meeting Danilo she had no idea that her life was about to change. Their love was almost intanstanious and he felt compelled to share his past with her. Eva reluctantly followed her man and took part to insure that the money would be safe “Togeth
Readers could agrue that Eva was in all of this for love. However, was it really love that she was experiencing? In love usually people are quite happy. In Eva and Patrick’s relationship it seemed quite different. Grisham has Patrick only discussing strictly business whenever he is in contact with Eva (196 ch.19). How harsh was it that Patrick could not even drop her a line saying that he missed her? Something had to of clicked with in her, to make her realize that all this was not really worth all the trouble. Why could she not realize that going through all of this anguish really was not worth it until the end? Eva’s relationship not only changed her but it also changed her family. Patrick has not only put Eva into danger but Eva’s father as well. And she feels the need to blame herself for all the trouble that she has gotten her father into (270 ch. 25).
When Eva was taken into FBI custody, this was the main turning point for her. I think this where she really started to change. She realized that all of this really was not worth all of the stuff she was having to go through. Eva could only c
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