Part two definitely has a
different kid of twist to it; even though the overall the main idea of part one
was rather twisted in its own nature. Hanna’s secrets are revealed and
Germany’s past is explored. Michael adopts an oddly detached, clinical and
calloused view of Hanna, which I felt showed, or symbolized the “numbness” of
the German people. Michael’s generation accuses that of their parents in the
service of enlightenment. But hypocrisy is evenly distributed among all people
and moral outrage is unattractive. What I enjoyed possibly the most about part
2 was the in ability to
find out Hanna’s secrets, and they seem to run deeper than most, and evidently
she becomes a national scapegoat. Is Hanna willing to sacrifice the rest of her
life to maintain a relatively trivial lie that embarrasses her? That’s truly
what I want to figure out and hopefully as the story progresses this should
become evident. As well, what is it exactly that she gained from her false
image, which in essence crippled her and paralyzed her. Up to this point, I
must say that it is a rather quick read and I think its do to Schlink’s writing.
His writing has a certain style that is flat and flows, but I believe that this
may have been a deliberate mimicking of bureaucratic and legal
matter-of-factness. At this point, Michael’s lack of sympathy for Hanna
disappointed me, and I assumed that I was looking at three stars at most. Hopefully
as the story goes on, my questions will be answered and new ones can be
formulated.
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