The Reader: Difference between revisions

* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: Averted as most of the characters are Germans born after World War II, and that generation's efforts to confront and come to terms with that past are a major theme of the novel and film.

'''Hanna:''' Well, what would you have done? }}

* [[Big Secret]]: Hanna's {{spoiler|illiteracy}}, which she goes to great lengths to keep anyone else from finding out about.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Michael knows that {{spoiler|Hanna can't read}}, but he just sits on the information and {{spoiler|lets her get a life sentence.}}

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Hanna}}.