The Reader‚ set in post-World War II Germany‚ relates the story of an SS camp guard‚ Hanna Schmitz‚ and her evolving relationship with the narrator‚ Michael Berg. Both the book and the movie deal with serious issues‚ including love and denial‚ guilt and accountability‚ and reconciliation. They both employ several subversive strategies: in presenting Michael Berg’s first love‚ it is impossible not to be sympathetic; we are drawn in. Hanna is the mysterious older woman who initiates the young boy into
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Citations: Steinem‚ Gloria. "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Advertising." 1990. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 45-67. Print. Brady‚ Judy. "Why I Want a Wife." 1970. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 74-78. Print. Blum‚ Deborah. "The Gender Blur." 1998. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 103-13. Print. Barry‚ Dave. "Guys vs. Men." 1995. Mercury Reader. N.p.: Pearson‚ 2013. 113-21. Print.
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"The Reader"‚ by Bernhard Schlink is set in postwar Germany and tells the story of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg and his affair with a woman named Hanna‚ who was twice his age. After some time‚ she disappears. When Michael next sees Hanna‚ he is a young law student and she is on trial for her work in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Their feelings of guilt and shame lead to Hanna’s tragic death near the end of the story. Bernhard Schlink is trying to portray these two emotions in his book as things
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Vanessa Duell 2/1/15 Mrs. Brothers AP ELA 11 Associative Reader Response for “A Rose For Emily” It must be hard for a person to really love someone and only that person‚ and then that certain person dies. Miss Emily goes through a trial of changes throughout this short story. None of these changes had a positive effect on Miss Emily’s life‚ and her life just seemed to keep getting worse. I can connect to Miss Emily in some ways because I know how it feels to lose a loved one
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ABSTRACT Blind Mail Reader provides the facility for reading mail from the Gmail account and direct the sound to the audio device connected with the machine so that a blind person can understand the content of the mail. This software also helps the blind person to compose mails to other persons. This product can be used for sending and receiving mail. Blind mail reader software is designed in such a way that anyone with a basic knowledge of computer can use the system.
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Teacher’s notes LEVEL 4 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme Evening Class Maeve Binchy group‚ their lives are transformed as the story develops. All characters have problems and issues to resolve‚ and manage to do so by the end of the story‚ which culminates in a trip to Italy. Chapter 1: Aidan‚ a teacher at Moutainview School‚ is undergoing a difficult time. His wife‚ Nell‚ and his daughters‚ Grania and Brigid‚ are becoming distant. The position of Principal at school‚ which he expects
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Nathan Egert Mr. Maffey 1H - 6/8 25 April 2013 Reader Response - "My Indigo" "My Indigo" is a featured poem from Li-Young Lee’s 1993 book "Rose". The poem is a relation between Li-Young Lee‚ and the history of the Indigo also known as Indigofera tinctoria. The poem strings together Lee’s search for his identity as a Chinese-American‚ and the origin and value of the Indigo. The Indigo originated in India where it was turned into an industry in 300 BC‚ and then it was later discovered and later
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comprehension skills of reading materials on the printed page will be successful. In this regard being a grade I teacher who is concerned for the development of my pupils‚ I was discovered the following Intervention Programs for “Slow and Non Readers” Which I believed could make a difference in their comprehension skills and reading abilities. I hope that my humble efforts and noble cause will be put into practice by the other and will have considerable results to my objective which is to
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David James Duncan’s A Mickey Mantle Koan Reader Response This essay was by far my favorite essay I’ve ever read. It really hit home with me because I have a brother that I am super close to and we spent a lot of our time as kids playing any sort of ball. I believe Duncan’s heartwarming essay was to alert people about the concept of searching for happiness in “the finer things” when for the most part; happiness can come from the simplest things. This was something that really hit home for me because
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is not a sure-fire way to write the country’s next bestseller—but rather that the best way to write is to do so without seeking out reader response while still drafting. In the words of his mentor‚ “when you write a story‚ you’re telling yourself the story” (King 57). How is someone supposed to tell themselves their story when‚ by sharing and critiquing‚ the readers are constantly influencing it? Most writers aren’t looking to indirectly sabotage their motivation though‚ when they show others their
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