Following a car accident that landed Erin no money, she tries to get a job to support her and her children. She starts to work at her lawyer, Ed Masry’s firm; where she discovers a cover up involving contaminated water in a local community , which is causing devastating illness among residents. Going door to door, Erin and Ed sign up over 600 plaintiffs, and go on to receive the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action law suit in U.S. history. Erin and Ed begin an incredible fight that “brings a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees” (Erin Brokovich 2).

Success does not come easy in life. All success is gained by knocking down obstacles that stand in the way of the grandiose

Survival of the fittest is the way of life in today society. The weak crumble while the strong rise above all. Erin Brockovich went from a small town beauty queen with no job, and hardly any education to a major partner in a law firm. She survived what many people today survive, two divorces, a run down hole for a house, and people who look down at anyone who doesn’t have an Ivy League education.

Every parent makes sacrifices in their life to ensure a richer, and more fulfilling life for their offspring. Any parent, including Erin Brockovich would take longer work hours just to ensure that there is enough money to put a roof over their children’s head, and that there is enough money to tender to the needs of the ever so changing desires of the young generation. Erin does everything she can to support her children. Although she doesn’t spend a lot of time with them she realizes that the time away from her children, working, will benefit them in the long run.

Steven Soderbergh does a great job directing the movie because he depicts Erin’s transition (from a woman with no job, no money, and no prospects on the horizon to a woman who triumphs over insurmountable odds, proves herself to a great deal of people, and reinvents her life) in a very powerful manner that any person could relate to. This movie shows tha

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