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From the conversation between Mitch and FBI agent above could be concluded that his persuasive power was being used, he made an offer that the FBI
agent could not refused including to release his brother, Ray from prison. But then, FBI agent was in a deal with him.
3.1.6. Curious
In the part of the story, the novel illustrates that Mitch also known as people who has a high sense of curiosity. It appears when conducting an interview with
Bendini firm, Oliver Lambert as a senior partner in the company who was interviewing Mitch at that time gave Mitch a question that he felt was unworthy
question. Therefore, Mitch tried to clarify all of the questions asked to him. He would clarify anything he felt ambiguous and mysterious.
“Tell us about your family.” Asked Oliver Lambert. “Why is that important?”
“It’s very important to us, Mitch,” Royce McKnight said warmly.
They all say that, thought McDeere. “Okay, my father was killed in the coal
mines when I was seven years old. My mother remarried and lives in Florida. I had two brothers. Rusty was killed in Vietnam. I have a brother named Ray
McDeere.” “Where is he?”
“I’m afraid that’s none of your business.” He stared at Royce McKnight and exposed a mammoth chip on his shoulder. The dossier said little about Ray.
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“I’m sorry,” the managing partner said softly Grisham 3-4.
Mitchs suspicions to Bendini, Lambert Locke grew. From some of the questions, regulations or even the doctrines that were imposed on him made him
suspicious. Besides that, there were other things that made him suspicious, when Mitch had some suspicious information from Wayne Tarrance, one of the FBI agents
who had met him at a restaurant; Tarrance told him about the mystery behind the deaths of employees. His suspicion grew steadily up. Then, he went to a detective
agent to get an answer to his suspicions, his name is Eddie Lomax, detective agency whom Mitch had asked to help track down the mystery behind the deaths of Bendini
Lambert Lockes employees and also to get more information about the FBI agent who contacted him, Tarrance.
“So what’s the problem? You got trouble with your wife?” Eddie asked “No. Nothing like that. I need some information about four people. Three are
dead, one is alive.” “Who are these people?”
“The three dead ones were once lawyers in our firm. Robert Lamm was killed
in a hunting accident somewhere in Arkansas. Somewhere in the mountains. He was missing for about two weeks and they found him with a bullet in the
head. There was an autopsy. That’s all I know. Alice Knauss died in 1977 in a car wreck here in Memphis. Supposedly a drunk driver hit her. John Mickel
