Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich as an unemployed single mother of three children who, after losing a personal injury lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in, asks her lawyer, Edward L. Masry, if he can give her a job in compensation for the loss. You get a hint of Erin’s true nature early in the movie when you see Erin’s idea of asking for employment. She simply showed up at the law firm and started working, telling the other employees that Ed Masry had hired her. When he does show up, she plays on his guilt about not getting her a settlement and persuades him into giving her a job. It is in her position of file clerk that she runs across some files on a pro bono case case involving real-estate and medical records against PG&E. Initially, she does not understand the meaning of the health records kept with the real estate deals. She asks a co-worker about this; however her co-worker is unwilling to help her “do her job”. Her bold manner of dressing and speaking meant that the other employees were initially having a difficult time accepting her into the close knit fold.
She does not let this deter her. Her resolve to look into the matter to gain an understanding shows her determined nature.
Erin begins digging into the particulars of the case, convinced that the facts simply do not add up, and persuades Ed to allow her further research. She takes it upon herself to do her own research in Hinkley, almost getting herself fired in the process. She had neglected to inform the firm that she would in fact be in Hinkley for a week. Instead, she gets consumed with the unraveling details of the case and assumes that the firm knows she is working.
Erin relates well to the people of Hinkley. For the most part, all are average working class families. Her propensity for compassion and her good listening skills adhere the town people to her. I think that in her past, Erin herself had felt like the underdog, and when she started to realize the full scope of