My prediction to Michael’s future is continuing to be the
voice for the homeless who have been evicted. When Mister came into Drake &
Sweeney Law Firm and held eight lawyers hostage, Michael saw a sniper shoot
Mister. Michael noticed something was wrong; he noticed that all Mister wanted
to do was warn them about their lifestyle being homeless by breaking the law.
Lawyers seem to pay no attention to what homeless people were going through.
This traumatic event, lead Michael to be more involved in helping the homeless.
He changed his job from evicting people, to preventing them from being evicted.
I think he will stay at the 14th Street Clinic helping the poor from
being evicted from their homes. Everything he witnessed with Mister gave Michael
a clue that he at least needs one out of eight lawyers needs to give attention
to the homeless. If Michael continues to put effort into preventing evictions
and the homeless, the clinic will change in very good ways. He will be known as
the voice for the homeless and a huge support for them, to the point he could
one day change the people from the environment and increase awareness about
homelessness. Although, his relationship status with Claire was not working out
because he dedicated his time more on his job, they got divorced and now he is
starting a new life. I think he will begin a relationship will Megan because
they have similar passions and seem to work things out together. Along with
starting a new life, a drug addicted woman, Ruby, enters the Clinic seeking for
help to gain her son’s custody due to her addiction of drugs. Megan and Michael
start to help Ruby get sober. I think they will be successful in helping Ruby
because she really loves her son and she is really motivated to change. As long
as Ruby is still willing to put forth effort there will be a good chance for
her to be a success.
The Cleveland Street Chronicle and the 14th
Street Clinic are similar in one way because they work with people who have the
same problems such as; drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and homelessness.
Also, homeless people came to both places and were able to tell their stories.
At the 14th Street Clinic people came to talk to Michael about their
problems and what they needed help with. In the Cleveland Street Chronicle
people were able to put their stories on paper. On the other hand, these places
help in different ways because at the 14th Street Clinic they help
the homeless by giving them jobs to sell papers, and they can build their customer
service skills. This is different than the work they do at 14th
Street Clinic. Housing First and the 14th Street Clinic are also
working with the same type of people. At both places people are provided a home;
Ruby was given a hotel room for free by the 14th Street Clinic and
the homeless individuals were given a free apartment by Housing First. One
difference is that at the 14th Street Clinic they were primarily
giving legal help and at Housing First they were giving free services, laundry
facilities, a computer lab, and a 24-hour staffed desk. Another difference is,
Ruby was given a hotel room for a while and Housing First gave homeless people
permanent apartments for free.