Monday, February 23, 2009
Hanna
My favorite character is Hanna. I think her job is very interesting, and she is a very interesting person. She is very detached from her mother. Her mother wanted her to be a doctor like she is . But when Hanna took a different path the two of them really parted ways. Hanna is very good at what she does, and she travels all over the world. Hanna is a very practical person, and does not see a use for many things a woman her age would want. Hanna doesn't need a husband or doesn't even seem to want a family. She just wants to research and restore ancient texts. She has also gone to great lengths to learn about how books were made. I think Hanna is a little obsessive compulsive about her work. She likes to have things a certain way, and she is thrown off when just the littlest thing is off. Like when Hanna first went to look at the Haggadah and there was a lot of security guards around, she felt very uncomfortable.
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I agree with what you said about Hanna's being detached. Also that she is interesting and intelligent. I don't really think of her practical quality as a good thing though. In her case, it is keeping her from a life beyond her work.
ReplyDeleteEven though Hanna loves her work so much, I can't help but wonder if she ever gets lonely. Sure she finds great pleasure in inspecting the manuscripts and discovering new things, but doesn't she even need someone to really open up to. I think her life would be very lonely.
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ReplyDeleteActually Aimee, I think that's exactly where the book is heading. Eventually, Hanna will realize that she is missing something. It's just a guess, but we will see.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she will eventually open up to Ozren. When she discovered more about the Haggadah, he was the first person she called about it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Hanna likes to have things a certain way and gets thrown off when little things are off like when Amitai called her in the middle of the night and she complained instead of thinking that it probably was important and when she almost didn't go to dinner with Ozren because she hadn't planned on it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there is any other reason that we don't know about why Hanna and her mom don't get along and I wonder if we will hear more about Hanna and her mother's relationship.
ReplyDeleteHanna is very detached from her mom and seems to caught up with her work. And thats exactly what i do not like about her character. I feel like we dont have much in common, because of course shes much older, but personality-wise.
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