The scene that moved me started when Hannah received the first tape in prison, she pressed the start button, and then turned it off in horror. After she got the novel, she began to learn the first word, the, yes The first letter she wrote, each word was a line of words she had learned to spell for a long time, and it was also Mike who refused to write a word to her, she could only receive boxes of readings from him at a time, those voices Through time and distance, she has accompanied her for 22 years.
Is this love? Their encounter stemmed from the fact that he fell ill and fell into her alley. She told him that he would get better, so she became the unforgettable concern and concern of a 15-year-old boy. After 3 months, he recovered and went back to find her. What attracted him was the mature beauty of this 35-year-old woman. They had a summer of love and love together, she liked him to read to her, they had a gap of 20 years, and no amount of blurred love was only fleeting. Hannah chose to leave to end their affair.
And Mike, also continued the road of his life, this acquaintance is just a dream of two people. Can't count love.
Who would have guessed that they would meet again? Eight years later, he came to audition as a legal intern, and she was the one who tried. This woman is 43 years old and still has a determined expression and a beautiful face. She confessed in the face of the accusations that she only served as an escort for the women's concentration camp during World War II. In her opinion, it was just work, in order to survive.
He discovers the secret of Hannah, who is illiterate. So she likes to listen to others read, but Hannah feels illiteracy is a shame, and she would rather admit that she wrote the document than that she doesn't know a word.
The evidence is conclusive. Hannah's fate was just a mockery of that special era. She was imprisoned for life. Mike chose to turn around and leave when he was visiting the prison. He must have fought psychologically. He must have told himself that he was familiar with this woman. Nostalgia, he pity, but he does not love.
He read it every day, recorded it and sent it to her in prison. She found the books he had read and began to learn to write. She just wanted to communicate with him, so she had to learn to write. She wrote, thank you child. She kept calling him baby.
He never wrote back to her. 22 years, she wrote, wrote to me. He refused.
She used to be alone, and he brought her a season of love and reading aloud.
She once said that he was the only one who knew her secret but respected her choice.
She was once in prison, and his reading voice gave her great care and courage to survive.
In such a desperate situation, she lost her former wisdom and determination. She may think that this boy has love for her. So she wanted more, in addition to tapes, but also letters.
So he gave her new despair. He stopped in moderation and just read. Refused to reply, refused to see her. Until she was about to be released early and had nowhere to go, the prison guards found him.
They met again, and she was old, 65 years old, with gray hair. She reached out to shake his hand, and he silently refused. So, she understood everything. He said that he had found a job for her, and also said that his marriage had long since disintegrated. He said that the house he had found for her had left her soul out of her body and was in ash. As a woman, her reasons for living and giving up were very humble and insignificant.
So, she piled up the books she had read in 22 years and hanged herself.
He came to pick her up with flowers, only to see the suicide note. He cried bitterly, he knew why he was crying, he was a lawyer, an adult, he was no longer an ignorant 15-year-old, he forbeared his feelings, restrained his emotions, he never believed in love, but, really no Is it?
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