Thursday 21 February 2013
Seventh Reflection
The
nurse, Hana is starting to feel uncomfortable living in a house with 3 other
men. She feels something is going on and physical attraction is present. Personally,
I really don’t know exactly what kind of relationship she has with the English
Patient. Is it a nurse – patient relationship or something else? I always have
this question at the back of my mind whenever I read through the novel. However,
I also feel that her relationship with Kip is starting to look differently.
Hana feels protected and safe whenever she is around him especially whenever
she sleeps with him. She can sense something in herself and is starting to
realize she is in love with him. Even Caravaggio suggests to her that she should
leave this place and run away with Kip. Even though Kip has never experienced love
from in this way but he feels that he is starting to become one of them. Throughout
his life he has always felt like an outsider due to his skin colour and is now
feeling more welcomed.
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I think that she loves kip, but I also wonder whether she loves the English patient
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering. Is it possible that Hana isn't altruistic at all? Perhaps, because of her situation of having lost the father of her child and aborting the baby, she is punishing herself and feels she herself should die? Maybe this is like a suicidal type of behaviour because she has nothing to live for?
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