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When I started reading this novel at first, I did not understand how Hana could be so brave and determined at her age. She was twenty, which is the age I will reach in two years from now, and she is taking care of a burned English patient in a Italian villa that is surrounded by implanted mines. One small mistake and she will be done for. However, she doesn't seem so fearful at all, taking the cautiousness as a game to play. More and more I read on, I find Hana's personalities somewhat childish. On the other hand, her personalities have some adult qualities, too, such as dealing with sex and death. Ever since she became a nurse in this villa, she saw numerous deaths and was hardened by the experience. However, after the nurses left, she decides to stay in villa, taking care of the English patient, due to her emotional attachment to him. Considering her divided aspects of personalities, she doesn't seem so mature now. Maybe she is confused with her state now and is clinging on to the English pateint, whom she seeks love and comfort.
Hana is definitely immature in some ways, such as risking her own safety only to take care of a burned man who cannot even move his body on his own. There's nobody around her who can help her, and there are still bombs buried all over the place, but she chooses to stay in the villa with one man. Yet, I think the work "childish" is not an appropriate word to describe Hana. Don't you think so???
ReplyDeleteYou mean the "word" "childish"? Well I think so, too. It may not be the right word here. I should have used the word "immature". Thank you for correcting me William.
DeleteI agree. But I really admire her she is very brave at the age of 20. I didn't know you are 18 Henry !!!
ReplyDeleteYes, she is so brave at her age. I hope I become a determined person like her in two years....:D
DeleteOh btw I made a mistake I'm 17.
DeleteDefinitely! I think Hana's maturity is gradually developed during the war, after she's seen the death of so many people.
ReplyDeleteYes, Hana became somewhat mature after seeing all the deaths, and she became a bit emotionless at the time, too. I'm glad she is finding more about herself as she takes care of the English patient.
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