Part 3 of the reader found me a bit befuddled. I kept. Coming back to the idea of this awkward and rather unsuitable relationship between Michael and Hanna. As a result of his young relationship with her it in essence scars him for the rest of his life ultimately leading to Michael showing no love and desire to be with his wife Gertrude. I know that Michael is glad to have had the relationship with Hanna but in the end it prevents him from ever loving again, losing his wife Gertrude, and denying the rights to his daughter as he so mentions in the story.
What I ultimately thought this book was getting at was that not every boy has the luxury of a complete childhood, whereas for a lot of kids we wait until the age of 18 before we accept the full range of our responsibilities and privileges of adulthood. In some cases children will have doting parents that cocoon them until they are 30 years old, never letting them experience the real world.
Overall I did enjoy reading this book, even though the ending was one that caught me off guard and frustration that Michael created in my mind. It was a rather quick read and it seems as though that might have made it a bit of a better read since the beginning was a bit disturbing depending on who you ask. In he end I found it fitting that the author inserted what seemed to be a somewhat happy ending by dedicating pretty much the life of Hanna to help those who are illiterate and as we'll those affected by the Holocaust.
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