A Civil Action and the road to finding oneself

In A Civil Action John Travolta plays Jan, a character who teaches us that in order for one to discover oneself you must find something that you truly care about enough to fight for, and give everything up for. At the start of A Civil Action Jan is a cocky, arrogant lawyer who only cares for himself, but when a water contamination case comes up Everything changes. At first Jan and his firm take the case only because they are hoping that it will be a huge cash cow, but as the case goes on Jan finds himself more and more emotionally attached to it. He starts to disregard making a big profit and starts focusing on winning the case for the parents of the dead kids. Jan realizes that money is not as important as helping people and making things right are. For example when Jan and his firm are at a meeting with the VP of Grace, the company that is being sued, they are discussing a settlement deal, and when the VP tries to just pay off Jan he does not accept and pushes for a settlement that will be better for the parents. In the end of the case Jan's firm is completely broke and out of business, but it does not matter to Jan because he only wanted to see the parents get their apology. Jan finally has discovered the man that he truly is, and he knows that he did the right thing.