Hanneh is described first as an adoring mother. The
painting of her kitchen to make it a thing of beauty is done in anticipation of her
son's return home from the war: she wants him to have a place that is beautiful, where
he can bring his friends.
She is someone who lives and
breathes the beauty she imagines and that she creates by painting her kitchen. The joy
and appreciation of beauty pour out of her, and she is so thrilled that she cannot help
but share it with her friends, and even her husband and the
landlord.
Hanneh is a smart and committed woman of strong
beliefs. She is convinced that in America, democracy will allow the rich and the poor to
be equalized, in this land of opportunity; however, she has an unrealistic sense of the
way the world truly is.
Hanneh is a hard worker who takes
in extra laundry over a long period of time to raise the pennies required to pay for the
paint she needs.
Hanneh is a fighter. When the landlord
raises the rent, she begs and pleads for him to change his mind, but all he can see is
the increase in rent he will get from this much-improved apartment. Hanneh takes him to
court as well, but finds that the law can/will not do anything to help
her.
She is passionate. The evening before she is to be
evicted, Hanneh destroys the kitchen's appearance to rob the landlord of the beauty she
has created so it will do him no good, but she just as surely harms herself in the
process by destroying the "beautifulness" she created, which can straight from her
heart. In doing this, she robs herself of the pride she had in creating such an lovely
room.
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