A Civil Act

In the movie A Civil Action the main character goes through a transformation of finding his true self. At the beginning of the movie Jan Schlichtmann is all about business and a workaholic. The thing that is most important to him is money. When he is in a store trying things on, he doesn't even look at the price tags. Also when he gets the speeding tickets he doesn't care about what he has to pay. Once Jan gets involved with the case of the water contamination he really starts to open up and realize that life isn't all about money and material objects. Jan soon begins to become really sensitive and interested in this case. He works all day and all night trying to get witnesses, figure out what happened, and everything else with the case. Jan goes through a dramatic change through the movie. He is no longer selfish and arrogant. Now he is a selfless man and starts appraciating things in life more.