Part 3

Now, after reading the whole book and comparing all the three parts I do not strongly dislike it nor do I love it. Part two was, to me, by far more interesting to read than part one. I liked the idea that each part was a different time in his life. Part three deals with how Michael views the trial after it is done and how his life has changed since he met Hanna. What frustrated me at first when part three began was that he left his wife to be with someone more like Hanna, when Hanna was the person who used him and hurt him the most. I somewhat agree with one of his ex's that he needs to speak to someone and have a better relationship with his mother. When Michael begins to speak about how he wants his daughter to have the "perfect family" I felt bad for him. He had this image of life that he always wanted but he never got it because that is not how life works. My favorite part out of the whole entire book had to be the section where Michael explains the history of law. We cannot evolve as a species if we do not learn what mistakes we have made from the past. The point of learning history is so we better ourselves and we better our community. I found it very interesting that most kids in Michael's generation started to break away from their parents and shame them for what they accepted during the war and how they acted as if they were had no other choice. As Michael described the feelings of his generation, I agreed with what his generation had to say. It is horrible that a person can know they are sending someone to his or her death and not believe it is wrong. The driver who spoke to Michael about the Nazi's bothered me a bit. He obviously was the soldier sitting on the wall smiling at the Jews being shot due to his reaction when Michael had asked him if it was him. To this day, I still do not fully  understand how someone could believe it is okay to kill someone, basically try to "exterminate" a whole race because they believe in something other than you do.