Shattered Glass Essay

Shattered Glass begins with an obvious "good guy". However as the movie progresses we being to see who actually does what's right for everyone, in place of what's right only for themselves.
Stephen Glass…most everyone in the office loves him. His stories are very colorful, and exciting, he is the young star of The New Republic, he is very popular, and well liked. Not only is he well liked, but he has certain characteristic’s that could make anyone sympathize with him. Such as when he innocently asks, “are you mad at me?” Multiple times within the film. Or when, while hosting a party, he convinces fellow co-worker Caitlin that his parents are putting an extreme amount of stress on him to become a lawyer, making it appear as though even now, as an adult, he still cannot make decisions for himself.
However, Stephen Glass turns out to not be the star of the office like he appears. When Michael Kelly, the editor of The New Republic, is fired and another employee ,Chuck Lane is promoted to take his place, things around The New Republic take a sour turn for Stephen and his friends. Then the situation
Although he may not have been good friend’s with Stephen, and he’d had all the evidence and reason’s to suspend Stephen for what was believed to be a rookie mistake, he still took the time to go check and see if all of Stephen’s facts added up. He truly tries to stay loyal to Stephen and give him a chance to prove that he hadn’t been fooled by unreliable resources. However once none of his facts line up it was obvious that Stephen had gotten himself into deep trouble. Despite that fact, Stephen still holds up against Chuck, he insists that he hasn’t done anything wrong, much to Chuck’s irritation. But when all the lies came to light he was not afraid to do the difficult things no matter how he would be