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John Grisham: Character Analysis

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“In one long glorious acknowledgement of failure, he laid himself bare before God.” (Grisham 374). I believe this, is the main message John Grisham had for the readers. Or at least to me, this line hit me the hardest out of all the texts in the book. No matter how much we try to do things on our own, because we are not perfect, we can not make everything right. At those times when everything is going wrong, we seek for fulfilment in many ways. When we can not find it, we tend to give in our hearts and minds to Satan’s hands thinking we can get something from that. However, what it does is the opposite. All it gives you is more desire for money, alcohol, lust, and all those worldly features. Once you can not get those things anymore, there is …show more content…

He was one of those who gave themselves in to Satan’s hands. Nate could not control himself and drowned in liquors for days which ended him up in a hospital. There was a rupture between his family as well. Nate never visited his family and was a role model for a bad father. Nate thought he was ready to go back to his office and do his daily routine as usual and go back to his normal life. Except, everyone else was not sure if they wanted him back. Nate was in the hospital multiple times already and he has lost trust from his coworkers. That is when the duty of delivering a message to Rachel Lane was in …show more content…

There, his mission was to find a women named Rachel Lane. She was a missionary in Pantanal and she was to receive a huge amount of inheritance from his father, Troy Phelan, who committed suicide after writing his will. Once Nate reached Pantanal, he had several opportunities where he got to talk with Rachel. Rachel was a missionary and a very strong, faithful Christian. From her perspective, the life style Nate had, was the total opposite of what may be called a “Christian life”. However, instead of criticising him, Rachel talked to Nate about her perspectives, what the Bible teaches, and what it’s like to live as a Christian. Listening to her talk made Nate really think about his lifestyle and what he has done. When Nate returned to his home, things started to change in him. Nate started visiting his children to check on them and helped his father with his work. Not only that, but he became the lawyer for Rachel Lane protecting her inheritance from the rest of the Phelan’s family. Nate does really well in this and he confuted many of the ironic things being mentioned or stated about the bad usage of money the Phelan’s children and wives had spent on. Nate changes in a better way where he started to interact with his family more and he also helped others such as being the lawyer for

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