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The analysis of "The Client" by John Grisham
a family in which everyone could sleep without fear of abuse. <...> He pulled the sheet over his mother’s shoulder, did the same for Ricky, and quietly closed the door behind him.” (pg. 82)
When man’s life changes in an instant, when he forfeits his past life and becomes the cynosure, immerses into the vortex of fearful events, when crucial experiences ruffle his life, many thoughts and vital questions rise in the head, and it is hard to find proper answers, especially for a feeble eleven-year-old child, it is too heavy a burden for his frail shoulders. Nobody cares that Mark is merely an innocent child, “guilty of neither crime nor major sin” (pg. 190), everyone intimidates him, everyone torments him - to begin with the FBI, journalists, such lawyers as Roy Foltrigg, a person with an enormous ego. No one interprets truth as freely as a lawyer, Roy can do anything to make Mark talk in order to find the body and to punish the killer Barry the Blade Muldanno for his malicious act, and to finish with the Mafia, which is displayed additionally well in the book, especially one character - Barry the Blade Muldanno: “The hair was black and full, colored to hide a bit of gray, slicked down, laden with gel, pulled back into a perfect ponytale <...>, the obligatory diamond earring sparkled from the proper left lobe. A tasteful gold bracelet clung to the left wrist just bellow the diamond Rolex <...>.” (pg. 29) Prosecutors can break all the rules to make Mark talk, and the Mafia can stop at nothing (even murder) to keep him quiet. And at this moment, when Mark is frightened, when he is caught in a ruthless game between the Mafia and the immoral authorities, when he desperately needs somebody to defend him, John Grisham puts on the scene Reggie Love, a divorcee who has just turned her life around by becoming a lawyer. Does she have what it takes to help Mark beat the system? Yes, this woman will do anything to protect her little client who has hired her for the symbolic fee of one dollar, she will dare to take even the last, desperate gamble that could win Mark freedom ... or cost them both their lives.
All awful experiences make Mark even more mature and astute, the boy starts playing not at all childish games and he does that professionally. Mark’s life is a scary dream, a bad film that he wants to end, but he can not:
I’m really sick of this.<...> All my buddies are in school today, having a good time, being normal, fighting with girls during recess, playing jokes on the teachers, you know, the usual stuff. And look at me. Running around town with my lawyer, reading about my adventures in the newspapers, looking at my face on the front page, hiding from reporters, dodging killers with switchblades. It’s like something out of a movie. A bad movie. I don’t know if I can take [next page]