Character Analysis: 11 Steps The Verdict

The movie, The Verdict, centers around a lawyer in Boston named, Frank Galvin. Years back , Galvin was fired from a Boston law firm by a senior partner at the firm, due to jury tampering, for which he was framed. After he was fired, his marriage sadly, ended with a divorce; leading Galvin to become an alcoholic and an ambulance chaser, a practically failed chaser. Later on, Frank’s friend, Mickey, sends over a medical malpractice case, which is supposed to be a definite win for Galvin. The case focuses on a woman, Deborah, who almost died while giving childbirth, as her anesthetic deprived her of oxygen. Frank is confident about this case and gives hope to the woman’s sister and brother- in- law, Sally and Kevin Doneghy.. Frank soon visits

He travels to the city and asks for her help in this case. During this time, Frank’s friend Mickey finds a check from Concannon’s law firm (Frank’s opponents) in Laura’s purse (a woman Frank met at a bar earlier in the film). Mickey believes that she is a spy and became involved with Frank to provide information to the opposing lawyers.

Frank drunkenly dashes out of the bar and into a wooden building. In his exhausted stupor, Frank collapses against a pile of wood as he tries to recuperate both his mental and physical composure. Free of the conspirators in the bar and of Joe’s pursuit, Frank acquiesced a rare moment of introspection when finally alone and away from his assailants. But as he regains composure, his surroundings consume him. The wood building brings Frank back into his prison cabin from the war, and Frank’s mental bulwark fails to shield him from the the humiliation from the bar as the past infuses with the present. The seedy lawyer’s words seep into his mind as a disjointed auditory flashback is heard, condemning Frank to be the coward who informed on his men. But as the flashbacks intensify, Frank is doomed to relive the slaughter of his men.

The story is told from the perspective of Frank McCourt, Angela’s auspicious son. He enlightens the reader with his honesty and dreary youth. The reader is granted the power to draw conclusions of the cast using Frank’s brilliant indirect characterizations. Frank is one of the few children that lived to tell the tale. Despite the fact that his parents showed immense affection for their children they managed to neglect their needs. This caused many of Angela’s children to starve and die. Frank survives and matures, he is a teen and his relationship between his mother begins to alternate. They struggle to pay for the rent until Frank finds a job hauling coal. At this point he portrays himself as a man, a man with shillings in his pocket so he could give to his mother. He became ecstatic realizing the opportunity he gained, but when he comes home and his mom notices his eye condition had worsened she loses her mind. She demands that he quit his job hauling coal so he does not

In Frankfort Germany, there was a family named the Franks that consisted of Anne, the youngest of the two, and Margot, Anne’s sister. The Franks lived during the time of World War Two. Mr. Frank had a Secret Annex set up for his family to hide in during this time. The Secret Annex was located in Mr. Frank’s work building behind a bookshelf, in Amsterdam. The Franks were accompanied by Mr. Van Daan, Mrs. Van Daan, and Peter Van Daan. Later, the two families were joined by Mr. Dussel. There was a woman that helped the families with food, supplies, and more. Her name was Meip, and she was an amazing woman for putting her life in danger for her friends. Out of courage, compassion, and sacrifice Mr. Frank is the one that demonstrates it

falls deeper in debt. One day when Frank is walking home alone from a hill where he was playing with

Frank ends up making friends and having fun, but then his luck is stuck again and he is sent to the hospital with typhoid fever just a day after his confirmation. After meeting Patricia Madigan, a girl with diphtheria in the hospital with him, and learning about half of The Highwayman, she dies. On the upside, he learns the ending of The Highwayman from the hospital janitor, Seamus; on the downside, Frank has missed so much school that he will have to repeat a grade with his brother Malachy Jr. Malachy Sr. leaves to England to work after World War II Started, but instead of bring money back to his family, he drinks it all away leaving Frank to provide for his pneumonia stricken mother. Frank finally finds a job but that prospect of delivering coal ends when his eyes react badly to the coal dust and his employer retires. With no way to support themselves, the McCourts, excluding Malachy Sr., move in with Angela’s cousin. Cousin Laman Griffin allows Frank to use his library card in order to make his horrible life a little better and he becomes to like religious books about saints, but is rejected by the Christian

Mr. Frank’s ability to remain positive during dire situations helps the families a lot during their attic tenure. As the Nazis are on the verge of discovering the hidden families, Mr. Frank remains

Juror Eight’s use of emotional and ethical appeals reveals his sympathy for the defendant. Juror Eight's first attempt to stimulate sympathy for the defendant spring from a moment of indignation. Juror Eight responds to the claim

Mystery is always lurking and we never know what will happen next or what story will Frank tell Darcy and just how bizarre it will be. Meaning and interpretations are abundant. Moreover, Frank symbolizes transgression and the deviation from orthodox Christian values and beliefs. Also, excess and extremity is essentially one of the main themes in the story. Frank has an unquenchable thirst and desire for something, and he is willing to take whatever extreme measures needed to achieve what he

This cliffhanger leaves the reader wondering what will happen to Joe now that Frank is dead. Frank’s death also leads to a plot change. Joe has to make a big decision, now that he needs all the help he can get. Joe teams up with his enemy Charity, which, at the end of the novel, gets Charity arrested. Overall, the cliffhangers present in this mystery book are important to the reader’s mood and the story’s

He borrows a bike from Laman. He also reads a lot of books and is especially fascinated with Butler's 'Lives of the Saints'. In the mean time Frank does very well at school. His teacher tells him he would make a good priest or politician so Angela takes him to the Christian Brothers school but the priests tell them there is no room for Franks which really upsets them. Franks discovers sex and starts mastrubating. He is afraid mastrubating is a sin so he goes to the church to confess. The day before the planned cycling trip Frank forgets to empty Laman's champer pot as he promised so Laman won't let him borrow his bike anymore. When Franks get angry at him Laman punches Frank. Frank is angry and sad at the same time. That night Angela and Laman sleep togheter and Frank sleeps at uncle Ab Sheehan's

him. She balled them all up, took them out back and burned them. Figured it’d be better not to destroy Franklin with just her chicken scratch. She drove miles out of town, down the highway, past the rusted empty factories, through a tunnel until a city rose up from the horizon. Driving, she practiced what she was going to say over the phone whenever she stopped wherever she was headed. “Frank, I want a divorce—no—Franky, I need a divorce—no— You’re a wonderful man, Frank, but I’m…goddammit.” She thought of his face, red and melting in grief. She thought of the sounds he would make, wet sobbing and

I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, and consider him innocent, for now. The next witness was a woman who seemed eager to talk. I liked that. She was a Mrs. Rhodes, who was visiting from Des Moines.

Mr.Frank was worried. What will he do? Adolf Hitler has taken over. He has moved away from Germany. This time, the monster has a tighter grip and Jews are barely able to move freely. My little angels are the only things that matter to me; I need to keep them safe, far, far, away from that monster!, He keeps thinking to himself, Will my family survive? NO, they have to survive.