Part Two Reaction

The first part of part two starts off by showing the direct consequences that Michael is suffering due to his relationship with Hanna. He is left feeling as an outsider to the world and he has no trust or meaningful relationships with anyone after Hanna. Hanna leaves him completely destroyed emotionally and psychologically. Michael is left not trusting anyone he is terrified of being hurt and abandoned once again by someone he loves and for that reason he chooses not to become emotionally attached to anyone else again. I think it is interesting that he chose to become a lawyer, that shows that he feels like he was wronged and thus he wants to dedicate himself to bringing justice on people who wrong others. I think he is so ready to condemn anyone who was alive during the war because he realized how much the victims of the war suffered. He connects this with his own suffering and believes that in his case, anyone who as a part of the situation is at fault and deserves punishment and so in the case of the war, he also believes that anyone connected to it is at fault and deserves go be punished.

Seeing Hanna at the trial I think was a good thing for Michael to experience. I believe that seeing her there allows him to reach closure due to the fact that he can clearly tell she is being punished for her actions, not necessarily against him but being punished nonetheless. The sight of Hanna encourages Michael in his condemnation of anyone involved in the war because now he has a personal connection to someone who has caused harm to others.

From a moral standpoint, this part is significantly better than part one, people who read part one may take this novel to be the slightly more disturbing predecessor of Fifty Shades of Grey. However, after reading part two the reader is shown a whole new side of the novel that deals with psychological warfare and the consequences of past actions. It becomes more like a suspense novel where the reader is captivated by what is going to happen on the next page.