Luis Santos #2

The second part of novel was so boring to me. There were just a couple of interesting parts. The part where we find out that she was a Nazi and the part where we find out that she is illiterate. Other than that the story became very slow. The trial went on and on and all that we saw was Hanna not speaking. Why didn’t she tell the judge that she was illiterate? That would have gotten her out of some jail time. I understand that she is ashamed but is she really that ashamed that she would rather stay longer in jail and have numerous of people hate her for something she did not do?

            The second part also mentions how Hanna would have sick girls from the camp read to her. This explained a lot. When I first started reading the book, I thought the fact that the boy was sick was a major part of the story. In fact I thought the story was going to revolve around that. As the novel went on, however, the boy quickly recovered, and his sickness was never really mentioned again. I did not understand why the author started the book with his sickness but then never mention it again. After reading part two it all came to place. The fact that the boy was sick was mentioned because it tied into the fact that Hanna would only call on sick girls to read for her. Hanna goes for the weak. Maybe its because the weak are the only people that she feels as if she has more power over. After all, when you are illiterate, a 5 year old can seem to be more powerful simply because he can read and write. I wonder where the third part of the novel will go and if us as readers will ever find out if Hanna had good intentions for the girls (as the “kid” thinks) or if she is just a cold hearted bitch.