Correlating the Street Lawyer and the Suits
The two ideal characters from the Street lawyer and the
Suits television series are both equally inspiring; Michael Brook, a lead
character of the Street Lawyer and Harvey Specter, a front-runner in the Suits.
Michael Brook leads a life that goes in line with Harvey’s
desire to sustain at a position high above the normal living standards while he
works at the Drake & Sweeney law firm. Harvey does not miss a chance to
attract the viewers by throwing inspiring and motivational phrases. One such
that relates to the life of Michael Brook is ‘When life is this, I like this’
where both the Drake & Sweeney and the Pearson Hardman operates as the
revenue generating firms. Expressively, both prioritize their appearance that
symbolizes their social status.
Both the lead characters encounter treacherous and ordeal
personal lives in their own way. Michael experiences a failed marriage that
worries his parents and the big brother. Harvey exposes that he knows what it
feels to be alone when the family was around and the unfaithful relationship
his mother held towards his father haunted him.
The realization that hits Michael after the death of Mister
transforms himself to work for the homeless. When it comes to humanity and
ethics, both the characters, Michael and Harvey, stand likewise. John Grisham
makes the reader the travel along with Michael Brook who gradually gives up on
the luxurious life and serves as a street lawyer dealing pro bono cases with
less or no income. Though Harvey expresses ‘If they think you care, they’ll
walk all over you’ and that he is against ‘having emotions,’ deep down he cares
for people around him which seems visible when he voices for Donna, Jessica,
Mike Ross, and others at various circumstances. Forming part of ethics at work,
Michael sues and fights the Drake & Sweeney law firm and Harvey settles a
suit filed on him with a false memo as evidence, and comes forward to fight a
case involving a teen who would have been wrongly accused of murder.
The agreements and dealings contracted for the partnerships
after ruling out the association with Daniel Hardman in Suits deliver a lot
about the internal relationships that the senior partners possess. The
consequences Michael undergoes after filing a suit against the firm to which he
belonged, encountering a charge against him for possessing files that evident
the involvement of Drake & Sweeney law firm in the eviction of the
homeless. Remarkably, both the characters played the man like Harvey quotes, “I
don’t play the odds, I play the man” to do whatever it takes to win big. The
characters choose to have goals over dreams. The portrayal of their attitude
astonishes especially when it suits “It’s going to happen because I’m going to
make it happen.”
Forever,
An Admirer
