![]() The relationship with Michael is not a sticking point in the book, but it is a story of first love and its power in the film. Hannah saw the boy with his classmates and then left for Hamburg and did not see him for a long time. But she realized that she would not give him the good and the need. She sees Michael as a child she could have saved as she did during her service at Auschwitz. Hannah, in the book, is a stronghold of a woman who realizes her guilt about sexual intercourse. The woman is quickly ready to punish the young man if he is not obedient or, on the contrary, shows too much interest. Their meetings are pretty long: they take baths and read books, but Hannah remains aloof. Michael rates their relationship as passionate, but he doesn’t know the truth: “I know nothing about her love for me” (Schlink). Hannah has become involved with a young boy, Michael: he is interested in her, and she gives in to her new feelings. The book reflects more on Hannah’s guilt for the crimes at Auschwitz than for her sexual relationship with a teenager. It focuses on Hannah’s emotions rather than on the horrors of war. The paper’s author believes that the film dispositions the Holocaust as part of the story. Another claim is that the film concentrates more on Hannah’s character and her thoughts on relationships than on the brutality at Auschwitz. One might argue that there is more responsibility for the Holocaust than guilt for the molestation of minors, and this is best shown in the book. Guilt for the Holocaust and having sex with a teenager are significant attributes of Hannah’s character. Comparison of Hannah Schmitz’s Character in the Novel and the Film Adaptation Hannah’s character is portrayed differently: her guilt for the Holocaust is expressed more in the book than in the film. This duality is evident in the film adaptation by Stephen Daldry, who sees Hannah’s guilt differently. She is tormented by both crimes and feels differently about them. Hannah Schmitz is the protagonist gnawed by guilt for her crimes: having sex with a minor and being a caretaker at Auschwitz. Bernhard Schlink reveals guilt issues in his novel The Reader, including such themes as Nazism, relationships at different ages, and illiteracy. The problem of guilt rarely gets attention because it is one of the most challenging emotions. He does these things with honesty, restraint and a moral precision both unsettling and rare.Guilt is a feeling that consumes a person and leads to consequences: personal destruction, alienation, and suffering. He examines the nature if understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness. explores the conflict between generations, wrestling with collective guilt and individual motivation. Haunting and unforgettable * Literary Review *Ī stunning examination of evil, this novel explores crime and punishment, love and guilt, dignity and degradation. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is the German novel I have been waiting for: it objectifies the Holocaust and legitimately makes all mankind responsible - Sir Peter Hall * Observer *įor generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's The Reader * Evening Standard * a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work * New York Times * Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical * Independent * Schlink's extraordinary novel The Reader is a compelling meditation on the connections between Germany's past and its present, dramatised with extreme emotional intelligence as the story of a relationship between the narrator and an older woman. Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9780753804704 Number of pages: 240 Weight: 212 g Dimensions: 133 x 201 x 19 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĭeeply moving, sensitive enough to make me wince, a Holocaust novel, but light years away from the common run - Ruth Rendell * Sunday Telegraph * ![]() A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT 'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. An international bestseller.įor 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. ![]() An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust.
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