Dignity and love in the torrent of the times

Bridie 2022-03-21 09:01:33

The climax of the plot unfolds from the courtroom on trial, not seeing the slaughter and madness of World War II, but the numbness of making killing a day job. Sadly, that reluctance to face justice in order to keep life going as normal is present in every one of us. Hanna didn't save the girls who read to her, and Michael didn't save Hanna, who had been passionately loved, until the day before Hanna was about to be released more than 20 years later, and Hanna, who had become literate and dignified through self-learning, didn't either. Save yourself who is about to be free. Just because they don't want to go beyond and don't want to face the unforeseen path that will disrupt their original life. Just as true love is to love that which transcends you and renews you, most of us do not know how to deconstruct our own life and life, and are reluctant to create new ways to change the injustice, often the most Mediocre our normal life. Until the end, Michael didn't really understand the human dignity that Hanna had been insisting on, and from a woman's point of view, it was a sad ending.

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  • Michael: I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, it will give it spice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete, and that thing is love.

  • Professor Rohl: You have been skipping seminars.

    Michael: I have a piece of information, concerning one of the defendants. Something they do not admitting.

    Professor Rohl: What information? You don't need to tell me. It's perfectly clear you have a moral obligation to disclose it to the court.

    Michael: It happens this information is favorable to the defendant. It can help her case. It may even affect the outcome, certainly the sentencing.

    Professor Rohl: So?

    Michael: There's a problem. The defendant herself is determined to keep this information secret.

    Professor Rohl: What are her reasons?

    Michael: Because she's ashamed.

    Professor Rohl: Ashamed of what? Have you spoken to her?

    Michael: Of course not.

    Professor Rohl: Why "of course not"?

    Michael: I can't. I can't do that. I can't talk to her.

    Professor Rohl: What we feel isn't important. It's utterly unimportant. The only question is what we do. If people like you don't learn from what happened to people like me, then what the hell is the point of anything?