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... while. "I"m getting something to eat." She said, "You want something or are you good? "I"m fine Oh yeah, can you get me a beer from our stash?" Erin asked with a smile. "Eh, yeah, I bet it wouldn't hurt." Gwen replied with a shrug and grabbed a sandwich she made for herself from the gray American ... with this leg." The Inhabitant looked her over and placed something in the dense underbrush. With that it disappeared into the forest. "Ummm Hello?" Erin squeaked five minutes after her visitor disappeared. Of course, there was no answer. The only answer was the rustling trees swaying in the ...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... from the personal satisfaction of righting a previous wrong. They buck the system, overcome daunting obstacles, and move forward with unbridled determination in order to see that justice is served. But "Erin Brokovich" also renews my faith in Hollywood's ability to make a nice old-fashioned film. Its subject is grounded in the real world and presents a feel-good story that anyone ... her tribulations as a struggling single mom, and later, her personal crusade in which she takes on a large utilities company that she suspects of releasing toxic pollutants. Life has truly dealt Erin, a for...

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• Grade Level: High School

... justice is served. 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 ... any woman's perky physique. 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 ... a house,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... America. This is probably because this may be something that they are able to relate to. I have already mentioned one of the infamous American classes; Erin is of the blue-collar variety and is the antagonist of the other main class, white collar' workers in office jobs. Driven by the responsibility of ... feeding and educating her three children, and armed with a general distrust of people, Erin Brockovich finds employment with Ed Masry, her ex-lawyer who had failed to win her a case from which she expected to receive compensation. Struggling to juggle a ... we look at the camera work...

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• Grade Level: High School

... when her attorney fails to land her any kind of settlement. With nowhere else to turn, Erin pleads with her attorney Ed Masry, to hire her at his law firm. It is there, while working, that Erin stumbles upon some medical records placed in real estate files. Confused, she begins to question the connection ... cover-up involving contaminated water in a local community which is causing devastating illnesses among its residents. The kind of work area that Erin works in is the Paralegal area, or a law clerk. The fact that Erin Brockovich wasn't a lawyer and didn't have any formal education or...

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• Grade Level: High School

... is based on a true story takes place in the mid nineties in California. Erin Brockovich started working for Ed as a legal secretary, who has a small law firm. As she was clearing up files, she comes across a real estate file, and wonders why there are ... does do good things for the body, but PG&E did not mention to tell the people, that it was actually chromium 6, in their water. Chromium 6 his highly toxic, and carcinogenic. Erin started doing more and more research and starting talking to the Jenson family a family that PG&E offered to buy their house ... . Erin found out that PG&E wa...

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Money and Success. A view to Erin Brockovich's history. Mother of three young children and twice-divorced. Erin Brockovich is an example of the compassioned American, who instead of pursuing self interest goals, realizes a struggle for the community of those ones in need. And finds how helping others, ... is in someway helping one-self. With no money, no job, no career and three kids to feed, Erin Brockovich decided to fight for the rights of the underdog defied the odds. What's the difference between this story and the others? The difference is that ... Erin takes a personal interest in the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... one woman with determination and feeling for her fellow Americans took in a large corporation and won. It shows that perseverance and not necessarily college degrees can get the job done. Erin is a young single mother with three children. In the opening of the movie she is trying to get a job she just doesn't have the background they are looking for. She ... it interesting. She proves to be a good investigator, and when illness of outstanding proportions start showing up in a area surrounded by a water treatment plant she really starts digging. The problem Erin has is she's like a dog w...

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... follow they did, especially during the famine years of the late 1840's. The famine refuges fled Ireland for survival rather than the higher wages new immigrants, like Erin, sought. "Although the Great Famine (1845 - 1849) did not initiate this mass exodus from Ireland, it did a great deal to institutionalize emigration as ... as "...a flight from the "tyranny of priests" and the "endless exactions" of the Catholic Church" (E p. 57). The newer, post-famine immigrants like Erin differed from the old. They were single, young and fresh, usually between ages 15 - 35 (B p. 62). Many were women...

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• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School