Michael’s self prescribed “numbness”
and lack of care that he claims to feel (or not feel) is frankly bullshit. He spent all this time trying to push her out
of his mind all these years due to necessity, but to think that her presence
would continually have no effect on him was foolish. He does not miss a single court date during her
trial, and his memories of/with her become increasingly common. Despite his resistance, she still haunts him,
even in the form of his supposed numbness towards her.
Hannah’s illiteracy explains
so many things, and I feel like it allows Michael to understand how truly young
and naïve he was. A lot of things make
sense now; why Hanna would not let him come over if he didn’t come to school;
why she made him read all those books to her; why she walked into his father’s
library with a lonely look of longing, running her fingers up the spines of a
part of life she had no access to; why she couldn’t understand the note he left
her that morning on her biking trip.
Despite the desperate nature
of their Hanna’s situation, she would rather go to jail than admit her
illiteracy. With all the time her and
Michael spent together, she cold have easily asked him to teach her; however,
that would have meant sacrificing her power in the situation by admitting
weakness and leaving herself dependent and vulnerable. If she couldn’t admit it to him, it makes
sense that she cannot admit it to an entire court. I am interested to see how their interaction
plays out; will either show their emotions, or have they waned to much to
culminate in something substantial?
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