“The Reader” gave me a chance to think about illiterate. Hanna had handicap. She was illiterate, but his friend did not know it and she wanted to hide the fact. As an illiterate she tried to conceal what she was. She asked others to read books, asked the boy give an order for her during a cycle trip, asked the boy to write what she should, and rejected having been promoted to an office job. It was a kind of her self-esteem. Concealing it was more important than being sentenced to death or freedom to her. She was ashamed of it.
I am not sure why she is illiterate. Maybe she has dyslexia or so, but she wanted to read books through others. It was desperate to her, so she asked him to read books continually. When she was behind the bars, the man began to record the books with his voice and send the cassette tapes to her on and on instead of reading books to her. Touched by his kindness, she began to learn words listening to the tapes over and over. She began to learn words at her late age behind the bars, but she was really happy and eager to learn words and read books.
Just before being set free she committed suicide. I am not sure the reason. Maybe she did not want to give the man a burden.
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