Keri's part two reaction

 The novel "The Reader", by Bernhard Schlink, is basically a detailed account of the sex lives of two star crossed lovers. Society frowns upon their being together because of the age difference of twenty one years. This should be frowned upon. A fifteen year old teenaged boy does not have the life experience nor the emotional faculties to handle a thirty six year old woman. This is shown in this novel. They have several misunderstandings. Honestly, their relationship creeps me out and scares me at the same time. When he goes so far into detail, I almost want to stop reading entirely. Some of the things they do are not even characteristic of what people the same age would do in one of those relationships. For example, when Mchael returns to Hanna to make up for staring at her while she undressed, she basically molests him.The only difference between this and molestation is that he consents to it. This does not make it any less weird. This story completely changes around in Part Two. It becomes less about the relationship and more about the Holocaust, the Nazis, and those affected by it. Since I am Jewish, this part obviously affected me. It helped me truly see the amount of ignorance in the guards and officials. I felt uncomfortable whilst reading it. I would imagine that others feel the same way. 
When Michael went on the trial just to be a part of it and ignored Hanna, I could tell that he was yearning for her even though he avidly claimed otherwise. She was probably afraid to appear with him in an intimate way in front of the general public again.  Both people were subconsciously aware of what was going on at the time. 
One last thing that I'd like to bring up is the fact that Hanna yearned for a fifteen year old and is illiterate. I think her illiteracy shows that she lacks certain skills that would come with not having that part of the brain working well. I believe that this is the sort of problem that would lead to this type of relationship. It makes no sense to me. It does not match up in my head why Hanna could do this to a young person. It takes away innocence and ultimately has altered Michael's life. It is just convoluted and weird. When he sees her in trial, the emotions come flooding back because of this. 

Overall, I have certainly never read a novel like this one in that it addresses a topic that is not really given the light of day in reality.