Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Hard Road - Post 3
People tend to have a stereotype of many professions -- what a teacher is like, what a car salesman is like, a doctor, a lawyer. Does Barry Cohen fulfill this stereotype of a lawyer? Why or why not? Does your opinion of Cohen change throughout your reading of this piece? Why or why not?
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Kyle B
ReplyDeleteBarry Cohen reminded me of my aunt, who is a lawyer as well. Both of them have a great sense of humor, but both are very cutthroat and serious in the court. Both would saw their own arm off if it meant victory for them. The fact that Cohen even had his own investigative team made me chuckle. The guy is so much a stereotype that he adds to it.
Chloe N.
ReplyDeleteBarry Cohen, in my opinion, does not fulfill the stereotype of a typical lawyer for many reasons. Cohen had sympathy toward not only his client, but toward Lisa Wilkins as well. My opinion of Cohen was much like a rollercoaster throughout ‘The Hard Road.’ At first, I had respect for him, taking on the case with the thought of his own daughter in the back of his mind. This respect soon turned into doubt. I began to think that his reasoning behind taking the case was not legitimate, and that he shouldn’t be defending them just because he feels bad for them. Honestly, I still am unsure of what to think about the lawyer. I argued with myself much throughout the article, trying to find where I stood with Cohen.
Jessica B
ReplyDeleteI don’t think Cohen exactly fits the stereo type of a lawyer. I don’t think he is because he came from a poor family, his father worked at a restraint and owned a garbage dump just to get by. When I first read about Cohen it seems like people respect him because he does whatever he can to help people and genuinely cares about the people he works for. My opinion doesn’t change throughout the story because he stands besides Jennifer throughout the story even though a lot of people lost respect for him because he was representing her.
Kelsi N.
ReplyDeleteTo me most lawyers are just in it for the money and power. At first that is what I thought Cohen was like until I read further. Cohen’s family was poor as a boy and he saw that his father wasn’t treated very fairly. This was what started him off in his career. He wanted to win for the feel of doing the right thing rather then the money. It seemed to me like Cohen had a connection with Porter. At first he thought the way everyone else had about the accident, that whoever it was that was involved was a coward and deserved hard time, but then he knew all the details he felt for Porter. From then he proved the stereotype was not true for all lawyers.