Book Review of "The Burning Man" by Phillip Margolin
Peter Hale, the son of Richard Hale, a four-year associate at Hale,
Greaves, Strobridg, Marquand, and Bartlett, has lived his life under the shadow of his father. Despite having a high five-figure salary and fire-engine-red
Porsche, Peter was constantly trying to overcome the expectations of his high- class lawyer of a father, who was former president of the Oregon State Bar.
Handling only small-time cases did not present Peter with the opportunity to outshine his father, who was also a second-team All-American football player and
National Champion wrestler, but when his father had a heart attack and could no longer handle a million dollar case in which Peter had been helping him, Peter could not let the opportunity pass. As Richard Hale lied helpless in a hospital bed, he demanded Peter ask for a mistrial, but it seemed only to go in one ear of Peter's and out the other. Peter's boldness would be costly though, as he would lose the case and lose his father. Richard did not die, but when he heard of his son's error he could not forgive him and couldn't bare to see him anymore.
Only a fatherly instinct would force Richard to find a meager job for his helpless son in a small town with an old friend who was looking for someone trying to regain status as Peter now was. Whitaker was not as exciting as
Portland was to Peter, but he began to be accustomed to the town when he began his handling small criminal cases and ran into an old friend who graduated with him from highschool, Steve Mancini. Steve, like Peter's father, was a football star, but at the Division II level for the Whitaker State football team. Hale became close with Mancini and met many other residents of Whitaker through Steve.
One being Steve's beautiful and intelligent fiance, Donna Harmon and her slightly retarded brother Gary. Just as things began to become settled for
Peter in Whitaker, he ran into some problems with Gary Harmon. Peter had to save him once from the police in a peeping incident and then became Gary's lead attorney, under some influence from Steve Mancini, as Gary was charged with the murder of a local college girl.
The night of the murder, Gary had been at a local bar, the Stallion, and had gotten into an argument with a girl whom he had asked to buy a drink for.
Despite the assurance of a local drug-dealer friend of Gary's, Kevin Booth and his friend, Christopher Mammon, the college girl had rejected Gary heavily not
Richard was born to an alcoholic, authoritarian father and a mentally-ill mother. His parents fought quite often and lost their home to financial issues. He was torturing animals, setting fires, and wetting the bed. He developed hypochondria at an unknown age. In adolescence, he had reportedly been exhibiting unusual behavior among his peers. For example, he believed he had blood poisoning and the solution was to drink the blood
The book, People of the Three Fires, is written by three different people each describing a tribe in detail.The book is very well written and relatively easy to understand. It is informative and was written to be used as a teaching tool for schools. The book discusses the relationship between the groups that lived in Michigan and surrounding areas.
Although, this video does not specifically show the communication between both parties. The only segment on the family pertain to Peter’s humming habitats when he is happy about something.
late father. He was also not ready to face the fact that his Uncle marries his mother
of murder and a grandson who tries to save his grandfather is on death row. This
into an altercation. Though it is unclear what the argument was about, it may have been over
In the beginning of the story, Sartoris (Sarty) is faced with his first major conflict.
behaviour got out of hand spending time with peter Quint, then it is a possibility that Peter did,
Gary was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 18, 1949. His father was a bus driver, who, Gary remembered, would frequently complain about the prostitutes he would see along his route. This could be the root of why Gary decided to kill prostitutes. His mother was not a very charming. She was both mentally and physically abusive to Gary and his two brothers. Gary also states that he was sexually attracted to his mother at an early age. He also showed tendencies of a serial killer at a young age. He began torturing animals, such as cats when he was little. When he was 14, he says that he stabbed a six-year-old in a wooded area, but was never caught. Then a couple years later he committed his first murder when he held a young boy underwater till he drowned. When he was old enough Gary joined the Navy and was sent to Vietnam. He returned and attempted to become a police officer, but failed. He then found a job painting at a truck shop. Gary was also married three times and had a son during his second marriage. He would even use his ...
Richard is seen as a monster through history. Many people overlook the good he did in his legislation and charitable acts. A few open-minded scholars feel he could have been one of the most influential kings of England if the circumstances were different. How is anyone to judge such a person in such turbulent times? Richard was a product of his times, and he did what was necessary to survive in the political anarchy of the Middle Ages. If one was to look at Richard for a lesson to learn, there is much to take away from his experiences. Political decision making surrounds every aspect of Richard's life. His good and bad decisions are what made him immortal. You can see such prominent politicians today in the same light. They may not be killing each other, but politicians political lives sway in the wind just as gingerly if their decision making and policy are not supported, and backed strongly by their party.
he is doomed to never take on the role of father again. Even though he
jailed and executed for committing treason. www.altavista.com search engine said that in the play, Shakespeare said that Richard
vision which inevitably led him disgracing his son and making mistakes as his own father did. “I will not
The Mississippi burnings were nothing but an old fashioned lynching. Hidden and disguised by the help of county officials, this case was overlooked and un-trialed. Nothing was done and three innocent men lost their lives.
then, As a result, He gave up on his father and began to live his life completely separated from