Hanna in general seems to have a very down-to-earth tone. She is straight to the point and does not exaggerate or bother with figurative language. It seems that the author is more comfortable with that language too, but she does incorporate some “flourish” when she speaks through her earlier characters. For example Hirshfeldt when thinking of what to do with the clasps Mittl had given him. “A pair of wings, to gleam amid the dark hair of his own Fallen Angel” (127).
Not only impressive for a man, to come up with such a beautiful metaphor, (sorry Jack) but impressive regardless. This part appealed to me anyway. I like the way that he realizes he is satisfied with his own life. And to top it off, he says it like he means it although it is a bit of a overstatement. But by referring to Anna his wife as a “Fallen Angel” is quite a leap from depression to joy. All in all, I think it is a very pretty, touching and romantic statement.
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I was also very happy when Hirshfeldt rediscovered his love for his wife. I was glad that he realized how she feels when he goes to his mistress. Although, I wasn't very happy when he planed to give the rose part of the clasps to his mistress. He sould have just given it all to his wife to prove his love versus hanging on to his mistress.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I don't really understand the thing with cheating. No good ever comes out of it. And ironically enough, the wisest, and most educated men do it. Like Hirschfeldt. He's a doctor for crying out loud! How much more educated do you get at this point in time?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting that he was a doctor to help those with STIs yet he still wanted to have different mistresses. There was one girl he operated on who he wanted to go sleep with sometime. I thought his way of thinking was completely twisted. If he wants to help stop the spead of the diseases, wouldn't he encouage his patients not to sleep around all the time, and then not do it himself?
ReplyDeleteI think that Hanna has straightforward language in her book because that's who she is, she doesn't like to beat around the bush at all. But the author manages to bring some figurative language into Hanna's chapters, as any good author should.
ReplyDeleteHanna uses very straight-forward language. I think this may take some of the beauty out of her life. It seems she never does things for herself, like travel for fun, or shop. She seems like everything she does is for her job or for learning. Her straight-forward language shows how little she does for the fun of it. Everything in her life is planned.
ReplyDeletei must admit the whole thing with Hirschfeldt and his mistresses kind of bothered me. But i feel like he had to have them in order to find out how much he loved his wife. I do agree with you guys on Hanna's character being straight foward. At first, her character didnt appeal much to me but when she was in Boston with her mom, i think you can tell how much she is changing. She is not the same person, her feelings for Ozren have changed her.
ReplyDeleteNice observation, whoever started the "straight-forward argument"
ReplyDeleteIt's true. It does portray the monotone life Hannah is living.
And I also agree with Natalie about how the mistress business was key to the doctor appreciating his wife again.
I like what you said about Hanna being so straight forward while many other characters use flourish. I think the author uses some flourish in her writing when she describes the setting of the book and uses similies.
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