▲The Reader: It is
a 2008 German-American romantic drama film based
on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard
Schlink.
It tells the
story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who as a mid-teenager in 1958 had an
affair with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz, who then disappeared only to
resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial
stemming from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp.
▽theme: unfairness
of power
1. Titanic- [When life is threaten, differences between the
rich and the poor]
Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks;
he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential to
convey the emotional impact of the disaster.
2. Sense and Sensibility– [Women's dowry will ensure a better life]
It is a 1995 American period
drama film directed by Ang Lee and
based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name.
3. The Reader- [the affair between a lawyer and an ordinary older
woman]
→In the film, Michael had read those books to Hanna
Schmitz, which are “The Odyssey”, “Huck Finn”, and “the Lady with the Dog”.
▲The power of
literacy:
“Knowledge
will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors
must arm themselves with the power which knowledge
gives.”- James Madison
It
is a short story by Anton
Chekhov first published in 1899.
It tells the story of an adulterous
affair between a Russian banker and a young lady he meets while vacationing in Yalta.
▽Think about few questions before reading:
Who is that lady?
How come with the dog?
Why should we know about it?
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