Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Forest for the Trees

The main character, Melanie, moves to a new town in Germany and has trouble meeting new people and creating new friendships. Melanie is a school teacher but has more issues with keeping her class in line and respectful. The one time she thought she found a friend, Tina (a girl who worked at a department store), lost her from spying on her personal life and Tina finding out to Melanie inviting herself over and eventually Tina said don't ever come back here. About the second to last scene, we finally see Melanie controlling her classes and demanding their attention.

Melanie represents that space in one's life that one may feel lost and not know where they belong. One may feel this right after college, being a foreign exchange teen, or traveling to other countries.

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