Movie “The Reader” gives me many things to think about. As I view this movie, what’s difficult is a point of view. Whether what kind of viewpoint about this movie I have in mind, there are lots of values to discuss. There are many issues such as love, affection, illiteracy, conflict, regret, crime, consciousness, morality, justice and reconciliation etc.
All the while, watching the movie, I tried to find out how and when Hanna Schumitz learns reading and writing.
Of course, we get to know the fact that Hanna Schumitz can’t read and write through Michael’s recalling.
As Hanna is illiterate, she mainly hears the books Michael is reading such as "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog.” She feels anxious about not reading. When they take a bike trip, Hanna doesn’t read menu like food name even little kids can read. At the scene, she feels ashamed and uncomfortable. In the church, she tears seeing the choir little kids are singing together in. Evidently, Hanna wants to learn reading but she can’t do that. After all, that drives the movie more sad.
After several years, Michael accidently who is a student in law school witnesses Hanna as a defendant. Since Hanna left without saying a word, Michael have never seen or heard of her. How he was wondering!
Despite hatred, Michael seems never to forget her. Maybe, it is likely that Hanna was his first lover. In the long run, Michael as a student of law school doesn’t save and help Hanna who’ll face the heavy sentence, life sentence. In the trial process for crime like working as a guard in Nazi SS prison or holocaust in church, she gets to admit everything she even didn’t do. Hanna wants to hide the fact of being illiterate. So, she does that.
As we know well, as Hanna didn’t mind showing her illiteracy to him, she left Michael by herself. Also, she undertakes all the crime which has no relation partially. In front of Michael she loves or audience in the court, she can’t do that. Michael who are watching all the process makes up his mind to send Hanna in prison an old tape recorder and tapes which are recorded in adult Michel’s voice. Michael sends the stories or books they shared at the past. Michael continually and repeatedly sends his tapes. One day, Hanna eventually realized the fact the she can write and read. Repeated listening encourages her to write and read. Recalling the stories of masterpieces, she hears the tapes Michael recorded. In the process, she gets to know the number of timing when reading and figure out the sound value of a word. Imitation and repeated listening makes her literate. Naturally, as she knows reading, she can get to write. Hanna sends Michael a letter in one sentence with a few words. Michael never responds her letters. Ultimately, Michael once meets Hanna before being released. But the movie replies as Hanna’s death. In the educational points, input such as repeated listening results in output such as reading. In behaviorism points, the stimulus of repeated listening ends in the response of reading. Furthermore, the ability to read brings about writing. If Michael recognized and respond her writing ability, Hanna Schumitz could develop her writing skills better. This movie gives me strong impression all the while in a quiet way.
Mr. Noh
You mentioned, "...input such as repeated listening results in output such as reading." I am wondering what made you say so. Are you sure that repeated listening is can bring about reading? Do you believe that if you listen to the same listening material repeatedly, you can automatically read?
You are drawing upon your knowledge of behaviorism in this discussion. Do you believe the repeated stimuli of listening can cause 'reading ability'? How do you think you can connect 'S(reading)' with 'R(listening)' without any mediating tool or device?
Do you think Hannah's learning process could be interpreted as 'bahavioristic'? I doubt that...
I guess I should leave this topic open to everybody... In terms of language learning paradigms, Hannah's learning process represents more of 'innativism,' if I should choose.
Anyway, I thank you for your work. Keep up the good work, Mr. Noh. :-)
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