The Pelican Brief: A Review

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year. In 1992 his third book, The Pelican Brief was published and it
became and enormous success. At the same time "A Time to Kill" was
republished and this time it became a best-selling book. In 1993 "The
Client" was published and "The Chamber" came the year after that. His two
most recent books are "The Runaway Jury" (1996) and "The Partner" (1997).
All of his books are or will be movies, five of them already are (The
Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, A Time to Kill and The Chamber). In
1990 he gave up his job as a lawyer and resigned his seat in the state
Legislature to write books. Today he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia
with his wife Renee and his two kids Ty and Shea. Apart from writing books
John also coaches his son's Little League team. He also has a small farm in
Oxford, Mississippi.

II. Characters

In the novel The Pelican Brief a young female Law Student named
Darby Shaw writes a brief describing a theory she has on the murder or two
Supreme Court Justices. It ...

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between Darby and Gray developed throughout
the novel, without the love relationship, I doubt Gray would have risked
his life the many times that he did.

III. Representative Passage on Imagery and Figurative Language.

"A dozen cruise ships of all sizes sat perfectly still in the
shimmering water. They stretched in a careless formation almost to the
horizon. In the foreground, near the pier, a hundred sailboats dotted the
harbor and seemed to keep the bulky tourist ships at bay. The water under
the sailboats was a clear, soft blue, and as smooth as glass. It gently
curled around Hassel Island, and grew darker until it was indigo and then
violet as it touched the horizon. A perfect row ...

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