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Comparing Oskar Schindler's To Kill A Mockingbird And Night

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The theme is the main message the author is trying to say through any literary piece, it can be anything the author desires it to be. Schindler’s List provides many examples of the theme: the best and the worst parts of human nature. Oskar Schindler showcased the best of humanity. He had created a factory to help save many prisoners, even though he knew it was against Hitler’s command. Also, the soldiers demonstrated the worst of humanity. They were killing thousands of innocent people just because one man told them to. Similarly, the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the memoir, Night, demonstrates this theme. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, the society of Maycomb shows the best parts and the worst parts of human nature. Throughout the memoir, …show more content…

As Elie Wiesel and his father arrived at Birkenau, they were sent to the crematorium. Elie Wiesel had thought, “How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and the world kept silent,” (Wiesel 32). He did not understand how not one person did something when innocent people were being burned because of who they are. In the same fashion, the lynch mob wanted to kill Tom Robinson because of his skin colour. Also, the German workers at many of the train stops would throw pieces of bread into the cattle cars to watch the Jews fight over them. Elie Wiesel had explained, “Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest,” (100). He explained that they were starving so much that they were willing to harm each other and the Germans found this amusing. Similarly, the children in To Kill a Mockingbird found the life of Boo Radley interesting and would not leave him alone. Another illustration was when the Jewish sons left their fathers without showing any emotion. Elie Wiesel had described, “Sons abandoned the remains of their fathers without a tear,” (92). Even though they lost a loved one, many Jews did not cry over them, they had lost all emotions or were too tired to care. In a like manner, the jury in To Kill a Mockingbird did not care that they were wrongly convicting an innocent man. In the end, the worst of humanity was present …show more content…

Both pieces demonstrate this theme through the characters and events that took place throughout them. Within the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, some of the characters and events are the lynch mob, the jury, Jeremy (Jem) Atticus Finch, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, and Charles Baker Harris (Dill), Arthur (Boo) Radley, Atticus Finch, and Calpurnia. In addition, some characters and events throughout the memoir, Night, are the burning of innocent people, the German workers, the sons of the Jewish men, Elie Wiesel and his father, the inmate, and the SS officers. It is possible that the authors were trying to make it clear that the world is not full of evil and darkness. They showed that even though there is evil in the world, there is always light and goodness to overpower the

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