The documentary tells the story of Troy Kell, Eric Daniel’s and also Sandra Shaw the main focus of the documentary was Troy Kell when he committed his first murder at the age of 18 Sarah and Troy were from the same neighborhood and went to the same school together; when she was 15 she was being molested by a Canadian man that was obsessed with her and made some kind of inappropriate suggestion to Shaw therefore Troy and Shaw planned that they were going to the dessert with “Billy” when she got out of the car she fell and Kelly responded really fast to try to help her and in that very moment was when Troy pulled out a gun and shot him in the face six times; Shaw states in the court that everything was happening behind her and there was nothing…
This movie, A Civil Action, is about a lawsuit that began with the death of twelve people, and eight of those twelve people were children. This all takes place in the little city of Woburn Wells, Massachusetts. This is a small city that has two companies that are located really close to the cities river.…
A Civil Action is a gloomy film featuring a lawsuit versus two companies, W. R. Grace and Company and Beatrice Foods, for dumping various chemicals into Woburn's water system. A number of youthful lives were ended due to this incident, leaving their families to grieve. This case eventually begins to bankrupt the attorneys involved, including Jan Schlichtmann, who directly represents the plaintiffs. [1] Soon after declaring war against these companies, Schlichtmann discovers, through a witness, that barrels of chemicals have been dumped into the city's water by employees of the accused companies. [1] However, this proves to be exponentially expensive for Schlichtmann and his team to prove, causing them to fall into bankruptcy. This outcome is…
Jurgis is employed in the meat packing factory but starts his position low by cleaning up the mess that is left on the factory floor. He works hard for his family, and sacrifices the smell and work because he has a job and payment coming in compared to other men who are jobless and…
The story begins with the Brennans fleeing town. They packed all their belongings and left. They were ashamed of what went down just weeks recently. The harsh whispers that washed over and through the neighbourhood. They couldn’t handle it.…
As a result of the accident the Brennan family have been forced to move away from their hometown in Mumbilli to their Grans house in Coghill. As a result of this move the Brennan family meet new people from the town, the new school and the Rugby team. These people/friends help the Brennans recover from the incident in Mumbilli. In Toms case his new mates from school and the rugby team help him get back to his old self by getting him to enjoy the things he loved e.g. Rugby before his world came crashing down after the car accident.…
To begin with, the film argues against the corporate interests and works to make its audience view the companies as exploitative of being the ones who are exploiting the farmers and taking them away from their traditions. For example, at one point, one of the farmers who was interviewed said, “theyThey not only changed the chicken, they changed the farmer...today chicken farmers no longer control their birds. A company like Tyson owns the birds from the day they are dropped off to the day they are slaughtered.” This statement makes companies like Tyson look like they are completely responsible for the way that farmers now farm and for the lack of control that a farmer has over the way that he choseschooses to raise his chickens. This logical fallacy doesn’t state how such companies control the chickens and how they have “changed the…
To begin, in “Cover-ups” Richard and Jenna both find out a secret that has been kept from them for a long time. This causes Mrs. Kittredge to make a hard decision, should she tell them the truth about their fathers? Mrs. Kittredge follows her gut and decides to go with what she thinks is right. In paragraph 11 Mrs. Kittredge says to Richard and Jenna, “Maybe I should have told you.” She continues by explaining what happened between Richard and Jenna’s father’s. Jenna’s father also had a decision to make which caused him to get in such a ruckus. Which was, should he take money from the company? He roughly did, causing him to go to jail and he also pulled down his best friend…
The film “A Civil Action” is about a lawyer named Jan who is appointed by a group of families to protect there land. When investigating the non profit case,he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has potential. A leather production company could be responsible for several deadly cases of leukemia, but also is the main employer for the area. Jan and his three colleagues set out to have the company forced to decontaminate the affected areas, also of course to sue for a major sum of compensation. But the lawyers of the leather company's mother company are not easy to get to, and soon Schlichtmann and his friends find themselves in a battle of mere survival.…
Angus McDonald uses emotive language to make the reader empathise with the child labourers. McDonald uses a highly descriptive language to convey how Manu (the featured child labourer) lives his life and uses this to create a symbol or generalisation that all Indian Child labourers spend their days the same as Manu. The writer also uses emotive language in conjunction with a highly descriptive writing style to show the vast span between Manu and his products. Angus uses his emotive language to forward the premise of hypocrisy between that of Manu, an underpaid child labourer, and the expensive garments he makes. This makes the reader feel sincere empathy for Manu and all child labourers like him. This empathy that we feel while reading Manu’s story makes us yearn for a better future for Manu. This is the point in the article that Angus mentions how the police are combating the situation. McDonald mentions that they are trying but they are only getting “the tip of the iceberg”. This phrase makes us believe the government is not doing enough to help Manu and the rest of the child labourers, and therefore directly links to McDonald’s contention about how Indian child labourers are being exploited and government is not doing enough to stop this crime against humanity.…
By utilizing a close-up shot of Janie, the filmmakers sought to signify the closest (most recent) part of Janie’s life that the audience would be able to experience. Furthermore, the contrast between the staggering, worn out state of Janie and the established and sleek sign marking the entrance suggests a contrast in the various stages in Janie’s life- the climb and descent that her life took in regards to the economic ladder. However, sweat follows hard work and determination, and by presenting this to the audience through the close-up, it is made known that Janie, despite all the unknown hardships, made it to the city of Eatonville. This tells the audience of Janie’s will power while hinting at the type of character development that she underwent. Also, by beginning before Janie arrives in Eatonville, the filmmakers grant Janie the ability to present her own development, rather than a sole unfamiliar narrator. Because a significant amount of information is acquired about Janie in a 35-second time frame, this opening sequence is effective, as it does serve the purpose of developing a type of background information just as an opening shot should.…
In short, the film delves into the life of a former corporate scientist for one of the biggest tobacco companies in the United States. Obviously, as a corporate scientist, the man knows the ins and outs of the tobacco industry, as well as the negative side effects of tobacco (which were unclear to the public at the time). When the man decides to…
To begin, life among the working class sways with the corruption among the meatpacking bosses, or packers, and the criminals. Residents of Packingtown must have money to pay the inflated prices of food and shelter in order to survive the freezing winters of Chicago. Jurgis, the protagonist of the novel, being a big, strong, young man, has no trouble acquiring a job in the beginning of the novel. He is prime material for the packers of the industry. Jurgis can keep up with the outrageously strenuous pace set by the packers in order to get as much profit as possible out of their workers. However, Jurgis's father, Dede Antanas, being an old, frail man, struggles to find work in order to support the large family, but his share of income is needed nonetheless. One of the packers sees the old man's need for work and makes him an offer. If Antanas will pay one third of his wages to this packer, then he has found a job. This sort of exploitation runs rampant throughout the…
social and environmental issues in the 1960s. When the movie is paid close attention to, it is a…
The movie A Civil Action is focused on describing and explaining what really goes on in a court of law. The case the movie deals with is a small firm going after a national corporation in order to get them to apologize for what they did to the city’s water. It is believed that the company would dump harmful waste such as trichloroethylene into the back of their site where the company was located into a small running river. However, the river was connected to the city’s water wells and caused harm to many children that drank the water. The way each lawsuit is handled can be related to a sociological perspective. The Marxist approach can best explain the process and outcome of the case in A Civil Action.…