According to the passage, John Grisham was inspired to write his first novel after. failing to make a living from his law practice
becoming bored with studying law
witnessing strong feelings generated during a trial
being offered a sizeable amount of money from a film director
graduating from drama school
The passage gives us the information that between 1991 and 1997, John Grisham. published a new book every year
worked both as a lawyer and a writer
produced a number of films
failed to earn much from writing
translated books from different languages
From the passage it appears that John Grisham has a talent for. explaining the language used in courtrooms in terms the general public can understand
completing all his work in a few months
producing movies about the drama of courtroom battles
winning legal battles between authors and film directors over film rights
rescuing people from oppressors and saving lives
158 PARENTS' ATTITUDE TO ADOLESCENTS Parents are often upset when their children praise the homes of their friends, and they regard it as a slur on their own cooking, cleaning, or furniture, and often are foolish enough to let the adolescents see that they are annoyed. They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends' parents. Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behaviour on the part of the adult deeply shocks the adolescents, and makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents about the places or people they visit. Before very long the parents will be complaining that the child is secretive and never tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves. Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable. Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child. If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and realized that this was a sign that the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent judgement, they would not be so hurt, and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it.
