Themes There also a number of important class tensions in play in The Reader, of which Hanna's illiteracy is only one symptom. Michael's explanation is evasive, and its credibility is open to debate, since he too is attempting to rationalize his own failure to speak out in support of his former lover. Instead, he argues that Hanna is struggling for some kind of private truth and justice whose precise meaning must elude all others. Yet later, Michael concludes that Hanna was neither stupid, nor evil, nor vain. His recollection that Hanna was startled when he suggested "horse" as a suitable nickname for her leads him to conclude that she was alarmed because of comparisons made between herself and a particularly sadistic guard known as "mare".
Since he is attempting to reconcile matters for himself, Michael Berg cannot be relied upon for a definitive answer.
#Themes of the reader by bernhard schlink trial#
On the other, the not altogether reliable evidence presented at the trial suggests that she took pleasure in carrying out her orders with efficiency and even cruelty. Themes On the one hand it appears that Hanna had no alternatives in a society that stigmatizes illiteracy and values learning.
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