n part II‚ chapter eight of Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ the first-person narrator Michael describes reading the account written by a concentration camp who had survived along with her mother‚ the soul survivors in a large group of women who were being marched away from the camp. He says‚ "the book...creates distance. It does not invite one to identify with it and makes no one sympathetic..." The same could be said of The Reader. The book is written in such a way as to distance one from the characters
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Good morning ‚ . Alfred Bernhard Nobel born on October 21 ‚1833 was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. Born in Stockholm‚ Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ‚ and Andriette Nobel . Following various business failures‚ Nobel’s father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. He invented modern plywood and started work
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The novel “The Reader” is narrated in first person by one of the main characters‚ Michael Berg. It is told in the style of an autobiography therefore includes his memories of certain events intermingled with current events. Consequently‚ these events are told from only one point of view and are reliant on one person’s memory‚ but also provide insights into Michael’s character and personality. There will be a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of having this style of narration in this
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In the story The Reader‚ the main characters Hanna and Michael are faced with several moral dilemmas‚ which challenges them into making changes that lead simultaneously growth as well as their demise. Hanna faces the challenge of deciding if her pride is worth more then her own freedom. It is in this fear‚ the loss of her dignity‚ which ultimately shapes the character she becomes in the end. Michael‚ the other main character‚ falls deeply in love with Hanna. He is forced to make a decision on whether
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Written task 2: Critical Response (essay) How and why is a social group represented in a particular way? “How could it be a comfort that the pain I went through because of my love for Hanna was in a way‚ the fate of my generation‚ a German fate…” This quote from Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader illustrates how and why two main social groups are represented in a symbolic way. In other words‚ Michael and Hanna’s love story is an allegory for the relationship between different generations in Germany:
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church was bombed and caught fire. The guards‚ however‚ did not open the doors and most women burned to death. Both persons read about the trial but only one of them knows that it is an extract from a book‚ the Reader (written by Bernhard Schlink) and has read the rest of the book. One of the readers is familiar with the character of Hanna Schmitz‚ the
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Introduction Bernhard Riemann was one of the top mathematicians of the eighteen hundreds. He is most well known for his his development of non-Euclidean geometry which is used today in physics and in the relativity theory. Summary of Riemann’s Life Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born on September 17th‚ 1826 in Breselenz‚ Germany to Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann and Charlotte Ebell. Sadly‚ his mother died before her children were grown. He had five siblings‚ four girls and one boy
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“Guilt” and “This Day in History” – A Comparison In her lyric‚ free verse poem “Guilt”‚ Leona Gom creates a powerful and clear connection between her readers and an emotion that they are all familiar with—guilt. The simple one-word title offers a straightforward preview of the subject of this piece and implies the associated meanings that the term carries—a heaviness‚ a weight‚ a burden. The poem is structured in two stanzas – the first one establishing ways in which guilt infiltrates
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The Guilt 1. present the text (genre‚ title‚ author‚ year of publishing) The Guilt is a short story written by Rayda Jacobs‚ it was written in 2001 2. short plot summary (exam: approx 5 lines max‚ now: may be longer) Lillian is an old widow who lives alone in South Africa on a big property surrounded by ten feet high wall. She has two Alsatian guard dogs. One day a young man‚ William comes to her gate asking her for a donation. She gives him money‚ but he insists on working for the money. She
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Gatsby and Reader Comparative Essay The values of each age are reflected in the texts which are composed in them. Both The Great Gatsby and The Reader are written with the values of each age in mind. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby examines the culture of the 1920s and the context that surrounded Fitzgerald whilst writing the novel. Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader is an investigation into the post World War II generation of Germany and the views from each generation. The Reader is written
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