"The Street Lawyer," Money, Race, Power Oh My

     Money, race, and power are the three big things discussed in The Street Lawyer. What effect does the Washington D.C. setting have on them? I'll tell you what I think, the are amplified because Washington D.C. has all three of those in its "beautiful" city; I use the term beautiful lightly. D.C. has money because of rich politicians, it has power because it's the nation's capitol, and it has race because of the cultural boundaries through out the city.

     Money is a key thing in the world because it is what makes the world go round, although it not worth anything because in reality we give it it's worth. Washington D.C. has much of this because of all of the rich white collar workers and companies. In The Street Lawyer, Money is all Michael cared about in the beginning and is all most care about in the story. Everyone at Drake & Sweeney is a rich "donkey" and has no care for anything else in the world. Michael eventually renounces this trashy lifestyle.

     Race is big in the world because the world is dumb enough to keep cultural boundaries instead of saying, "He we are all human!" In Washington D.C. race is important because the races are divided by politicians who move them to bad neighborhoods so others look good. In The Street Lawyer, race is big because most homeless are black and the rest are white or other. This brings race into the mix when homeless are hated on by political haters in congress. Sounds like something Mordecai Green would say.

     Power is king! If you don't have power in the world then you aren't going anywhere. In Washington D.C. there is power because they are the capitol of the world most powerful country, AMERICA! However I think China beats us, call me a traitor but that will make you a hater ( hey that rhymed!) In The Street Lawyer, power is held by many because if you aren't homeless or defending them, you have power because it is those with power who hate homeless.

     I know I hate Kanye West, but he said it well when he said, "No one man should have all that power," and Braden Chance has too damn (pardon my language) much. Actually, a lot of buttholes in this story have too much power, especaily Clair and her divorce happy attitude. Seriously she is such a Gold digger. All these Lawyers and planning for a divorce that gets dropped onto Michael, poor guy got blindsided by that one. Anyway, have a nice day!