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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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    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. It prevents people from sympathizing

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    through memory and becomes sub-consciously buried within a personfs behavioural patterns generally. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink explores the concept of a young mans subconscious desire for a woman whom he gcanft remember to forgeth (1Memento) as she is so deeply inlaid within his soul. Critically acclaimed as gA formally beautiful‚ disturbing‚ and finally morally devastating novel. From the first pagec [it] ensnares both heart and mindh ( Los Angeles Times)‚ the novel tells the story of

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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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    Percy: The Common Reader and the Complex Reader Walker Percy ’s "The Loss of the Creature" is a work to be read … and read again. He questions language and understanding or belief. He writes "piling example upon example" (qtd. in Percy 462). He speaks of the rare sovereign knower and the unique sovereign experience. One will never fully recover an entity into the understanding of the primary founder ’s‚ as try he might. There will only be one sovereign experience. There are many opportunities

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    the professor had us critically read The Eater Reader by James Miller and then develop our essays on each chapter. The essays each requires each class member to write an analytical essay on the text in the chapter. The essays then go through a process to make them better. The professor would write down his or her thoughts on the essay and students would read each other’s essays to critique them. That allows the author of the essay to develop the essay into a meaningful piece of work. After that process

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    Introduction: [Slide 1.] Sociologists make a distinction between gender and sex. Gender is the perceived component of human sexuality while sex is the biological or genetic component. Why do we differentiate between gender and sex? Differentiating gender from sex allows social scientists to study influences on sexuality without confusing the social and psychological aspects with the biological and genetic aspects. Gender is the socially constructed component of human sexuality. Gender is an inner feeling

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    Essay An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing. This act can be seen through both the novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink and the film Atonement directed by Joe Wright. Guilt is a prevailing theme in both Atonement and The Reader. In The Reader‚ guilt is persistently explored as a reoccurring theme. ‘and when I feel guilty‚ the feelings of guilt return; if I yearn for something today‚ or feel homesick‚ I feel the yearnings and

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    Hitler’s command and his cruel‚ racist‚ immoral Jewish holocaust. Ethics and moral never existed in that country by that time‚ thus Germans only lived under the “law”. One special case of this atrocity was the one of Hanna Schmitz‚ in the movie The Reader. Some people would say that Hanna Schmitz was a right person based on the fact that she helped Michael Berg during his youth and also the fact that she was a disciplined worker. However‚ she manipulated Michael Berg‚ killed around three hundred people

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    reviewing the novel include the world centred approach‚ and the reader response approach exploring the themes of reader positioning and the authors intented reading and reader‚ then focusing on the world centred approach of the feministtheory. reader centred -attention on the reader -different readers from different social‚ cultural‚ religious backgrounds etc ‚ will being and interpret different meaning to text‚ refletc ing from there own backgrounds and life experiences -perception of real

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