Erin Brockovich Class

This scene implies a great deal about class distinctions. It is a professional law office filled with professional people, but Brockovich’s colorful language, impulsivity, manner of dress and sexuality alienate others. As she tells one overweight co-worker with a penchant for eavesdropping, “Bite my ass, Krispy Kreme!” Brockovich is used to getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. She is used to men who leave her with children, can barely afford food for her kids, drives a beat-up unsafe vehicle, and is often rub

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it up.” This statement ties in directly with the scene where Brockovich fights for her job back and ends the emotional appeal by leaning into Ed Masry so only he can hear her say, “Don’t make me beg.” Working-class single mothers like Brockovich and the people who live in Hinkley are used to getting little or no respect from individuals who are in a higher social class than they. Brockovich has spent her whole life trying to escape the oppressive and defeating existence of working-class existence. She is used to disrespect as a woman, as a wife, as a mother, as an employee, and as a low-income human being. From having to pretend to her children she is not hungry so she can afford their dinner to having employers look down on her because of her dress and sexuality, Brockovich has been in the role of having to beg for help and it is not one she wishes to repeat. She is tired, angry, desperate, and determined to win her job back in this scene, but she is unable to beg in front of her co-workers because she is unable to suffer one more sling or arrow from working-class existence. We see this dramatized again when upon first meeting him she tells her boyfriend, “Are you going to be something else that I have to survive? Becaus
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Approximate Word count = 1297
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page)