It would be impossible to find a person in this world who could not write a one-page list of things he values. This list would probably include everything from moral values and his family to his career and his car to staying physically and spiritually healthy. The movie Erin Brockovich deals with which aspects of life that most of us would lump under the category of “things I value” should be cherished and never taken for granted, which should be highly appreciated, and which we like to have, but could live without. The entire community of Hinkley, past and present, value every day that they wake up and aren’t feeling like they are on their deathbeds. Many of us take our excellent health for granted because we’ve …show more content…
When a person is trusted and shown to be honest, that person is respected for those reasons. Erin experiences respect of her for the first time with the community of Hinkley. Once she knows how it feels to be respected, she realizes how valuable that asset can be: “For the first time in my life, I’ve got people respecting me. When I walk into a room, people shut up to see if I have anything to say. I never had that before. Please, don’t ask me to give that up.” Erin was also respected for her compassion and selflessness. She genuinely cared about every single victim of P.G. & E.’s lie. She proved this fact when Theresa said Erin’s files needed some holes filled in and Erin recited from memory all the information Theresa wanted and more. Someone who doesn’t have compassion and caring for the townspeople of Hinkley would not have been able to do that. Erin sacrificed spending time with her children in order to help everyone. Even when Matthew was mad at her for never being there or always reading when she was, she continued her work, hoping that someday he would understand that she couldn’t abandon Hinkley now. She also missed hearing Beth’s first word as a result of her compassion, but in the end, it was a sacrifice worth making because Hinkley needed her …show more content…
The Jensens were awarded five million dollars. Ed’s law practice moved to a huge office building. Erin got her own office, complete with a window, and a two million dollar bonus from Ed. Those were all very good things, but more important was that P.G. & E. was held responsible for knowingly poisoning the community of Hinkley and Ed Masry and Erin Brockovich were taken seriously in the law community. At the end of the movie, Erin is working hard on a new case against P.G. & E. for the community of Kettleman Hills, CA, which is a much larger town and it is assumed that they expect a similar outcome because of their success with