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Good vs. Evil : A 3 page essay that analyzes Grisham's novel The Rainmaker. The writer argues that in presenting this narrative, Grisham provides the perfect tableaux for examining the theme of good versus evil, as developed through the circumstances affecting his protagonist Rudy Baylor. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that are the featured characters in this novel have their offices in a strip mall. They "lie, chase ambulances, and, occasionally, hit each other with baseball bats" (Book reviews
69). As this suggests, rather than presenting lawyers as "white knights," The Rainmaker is a "gritty quickstep through the worst excess of American trial lawyers" (Book reviews 69). However,
in presenting this narrative, Grisham provides the perfect tableaux for examining the theme of good versus evil, as developed through the circumstances affecting his protagonist Rudy Baylor. In essence,
the structure of Rudys story is as old as the biblical narrative of David and Goliath (Alkema 23). Rudy is the "David" of the tale, a brand-new lawyer fresh from
school. The "Goliath" that he brings down is a large insurance company, Great Benefit Life Insurance (Alkema 23). A few months prior to his graduation, Rudy visits a senior citizens
center as part of course on senior citizen law. There he meets Dot and Buddy Black, whose son, Donny ray, is dying of leukemia because their health insurance provider, Great
Benefit, refused to honor a claim for a bone marrow transplant that could have saved his life. The trial is presented as a fight of good, the Black family, versus
evil, the insurance company. Rudy faces an experienced lawyer, Leo F. Drummond, and five of his associates in the courtroom scenes. Rudy sums up both sides when he states that
he faces "58 years of experience packed tightly around the defense table" while he has just received his law license "less than a month ago" and works with a staff
that "flunked the bar exam six times" (Alkema 23). Robert M. Jerry II, a specialist in insurance and health care law at the University of Memphis, points out
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