The Rainmaker In layman’s terms a “rainmaker” is a legal case that brings in a huge sum of money for the lawyer and the lawyer’s client. John Grisham uses this term in The Rainmaker to mark the highest point in the main character’s previously troubled life. The word “rainmaker” characterizes the success of Rudy Baylor’s rollercoaster ride through the legal profession. Along this bumpy road Rudy, the main character, grows as …showed first 75 words of 780 total…

…showed last 75 words of 780 total…This devastating loss forces the Great Benefit Insurance Company to file for bankruptcy. Rudy was supposed to receive one-third of the rewarded money, but the company’s bankruptcy allows them to not pay. This avoidance of paying once again makes Rudy broke. His personality emerges again when he states that his forcing a corrupt insurance company to go bankrupt for what it did to Donny Ray is far more important than any amount of money.