Final Post

I'm kind of upset in saying this but, I didn't really like this book at all. It only upsets me to say that because the beginning of it had so much potential in my mind and the ending or really the entire third half didn't meet the standard that had been set in the first two parts. I wouldn't call reading it a waste of my time or anything. Nevertheless, if someone had told me or given me an account of what happens in the novel I know that I wouldn't have wanted to read it myself. That being said, there are many parts of it that do have great merit to them.
The way everything transpires/ occurs in the court scenes were rather interesting. Hanna seems to self-incriminate herself through her account of what happened during the fire. The most interesting part about herself incrimination is that she does so knowingly. She doesn't exactly "take the blame" for what happened she just happens to give an honest account of what happened. In this particular moment with Hanna the author is able to demonstrate that the legal system, wherever it may be, is just a game. Though it is a pitiful and rather upsetting fact, he displays no mercy in denouncing that basic part about it. Once someone understands that idea, it all becomes really evident. For instance, the counsel will either "win" or "lose" a case.
Besides everything that occurs in the prolonged case against Hanna and the other guards, what really seemed to impact me was Hanna's suicide. I, honestly, was not expecting it at all. When the chapter began and it just mentioned Hanna's suicide I think my jaw literally dropped. However, I think that what the author chose to do with Hanna is actually the sad reality of life after prison. Once you spend your life for so many years under a strict system you began to accommodate to it and nothing else seems to work for you.