“I shouldn’t call myself a lawyer, because technically I am not. The Virginia State Bar swept in and yanked my license shortly after I was convicted. The language is
right there in black and white —a felony conviction equals disbarment. I was
stripped of my license, and my disciplinary troubles were duly reported in the Virginia
Lawyer Register. Three of us were disbarred that month, which is about average” TR:1.
“Would it be fair to Bo to have his long-lost father reappear and insist on becoming part of
his life?”TR:3. “I’m not sure what I’ll do when this is over, but I have serious doubts about
resuming a legal career.”TR:7. Because of unprofessional administration, it makes the problem of Bannister as a major
character. He needs to sacrifice as the law enforcement. After the major character gets unfair treatment and insufficient evidence, Bannister gets the prison and also feels disadvantage. The first
sacrifice is his career was collapse. After geting the prison, Bannister career was collapse. He gets ten years in prison. If he gets out from prison, there are no people who believe him because of his
status as ex-convict. The people will be afraid because he can not help himself and help the other people or client.
3.2 Those Standing Against Law Enforcer
Those standing against law enforcer are corrupt lawyer, corrupt judge, and prosecutor. Someone who is against law enforcement called criminals. They should be punished for his action against law
enforcement.
a. Corrupt Lawyer and FBI Agent
The stand against law enforcement is a criminal lawyer. In application lawyer must help the client with the evidence that they have. Lawyer should not discriminate the client even though they
are the poor client or rich client. In real applications many lawyers only help the client if they have much money and authority. Lawyer plays with the rule in law and will reverse the fact if the client
have authority and money. In this novel John Grisham wants to show that there is a lawyer like Bannister that stands against the criminal law enforcer. Lawyer and FBI agent help to stand against
corrupt law enforcer.
“However, in my little world, I am known as a jailhouse lawyer and as such spend several hours each day helping my fellow inmates with their legal problems. I study
their appeals and file motions. I prepare simple wills and an occasional land deed. I review contracts for some of the white-collar guys. I have sued the government for
legitimate complaints but never for ones I consider frivolous. And there are a lot of
divorces” TR: 2. Lawyer is a law enforcer that protects his client and handles legal case. The lawyer will look
for evidence to protect his client. A lawyer is the first that stands against in law enforcement. In this
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novel, Bannister is a lawyer and he always handles simple problem, likely estate and divorce. He is a lawyer who defends about the truth not about money. A lawyer is also as a legal assistant or
consultant. A lawyer helps the clients who are guilty and also will protect his client from prosecution. Grisham is very detail when he tells about a lawyer. He tells Bannister as a good lawyer.
FBI agents also help the lawyer in law enforcement. FBI agent is also as the law enforcement agencies. FBI agents have function to collect data information as intelligent. FBI agent
also has function as the security agencies in country. Grisham also gives detail function about FBI agent when the FBI agents conduct the criminal investigation.
“A couple of radical environmental groups had sprung up and operated around the fringes of the litigation. These had been closely monitored by the FBI at the time.
Fawcett had received death threats, and during the trial he had moved around with protection. The threats were thoroughly investigated and found not to be credible,
but the bodyguards remained close by
”. TR:2 FBI agents will monitor and investigate problems in law enforcement. FBI agent usually
works as an ordinary person without uniform. Camuflage without uniform helps the FBI agent when he works as intelligent. Intelligent in case is very important because it can help to make an
accurate evidence. FBI agent as law enforcement can catch the criminals with hard work.
b. Corrupt Judges and Prosecutor
