Schindler Essay

Schindler’s List was one of the first critically acclaimed Holocaust films in the United States. Director Steven Spielberg set out to make a historically accurate film about Oskar Schindler, portrayed by Liam Neeson, and his Jews. It has been over 20 years since the film’s release and Schindler’s List continues to reign supreme when it comes to Holocaust films. However, this is not to say that the film has not been without controversy specifically surrounding the film’s historical accuracy. While

forth a new generation of Jews. We understand the outcome of Oskar Schindler’s good deeds, but do we truly understand the motives of his actions? What made a German industrialist so brave and devoted to saving the lives of the persecuted? Did Oskar Schindler see right through the Nazi facade and see the evils and atrocities it committed? In order for us to truly understand Mr. Schindler’s true motives, we have to see his life through the whole spectrum, from beginning to end. We have to observe Oskar

Oskar Schindler was a businessman he owned a factory that made pots and pans in 1939. He was a man of business that needed help. He gave over 1,000 Jews jobs. Jews were part of the money making process for Schindler. Some may say that the idea of rescuing the Jews just developed as Oskar watched the death of hundreds of thousands of Jew . “Heroes evolve, they are not born(Ervin Staub).” I believe that Oskar was impulsive and the rescuer. Oskar Schindler was impulsive and just acted before he thought

vs. Oskar Schindler I feel that Creon was a tragic hero but Schindler however was not. Schindler falls under many categories of a tragic hero but I think he was more of just a hero. Schindler was not a tragic hero due to no error in judgement, he didn't discover fate he chose it, and he wasn't prideful. Creon's error in judgement was when he arrested Antigone for what he thought was a crime. Schindler had no error in judgement. Things happen for a reason. In the beginning Schindler may not have

about a man named Oskar Schindler who uses Jewish people to work for him in his factory. He was a part of the Nazi party so he could be in the political people’s good graces and to become rich during World War II. You could say that his purpose was only to become rich if all you saw was the beginning or the first half of the movie. That wasn’t what the purpose throughout the movie, however. Towards the end of the movie, which is also when World War II came to a close, Schindler ended up saving over

directed by Steven Spielberg, Oskar Schindler is regarded as a great hero amongst many Jews regardless of the fact that he is a German Nazi, because he saves the generations and lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic mass murder of about 6 million Jews and millions of others during World War II that was taken place in Nazi Concentration Camps, under the German Nazi regime. In the midst of this brutal time period, Oskar Schindler finds the heart to undergo a change

describe Oskar Schindler; partier, alcoholic, womanizer, etc, but the most unlikely word that can be used is savior, which he proved to be in the 1940s. Schindler was definitely a sinner, but he did the unthinkable at the time, “He [Schindler] was no saint. And yet, the same man would prove to have depths of courage and humanity rare at any time-even rarer during the time in which he lived.” (Roberts, pg. 6). During the grueling years of the Holocaust and World War II, Oskar Schindler proved that love

Oskar Schindler was a born and raised in Germany, he was a member of the Nazi party and also a very successful business man at the time, owning a few factories. Given this description, no one would ever suspect that Oskar Schindler saved the lives of 1,200 Jews by giving them jobs at his pots and pans factory and later on weapons factory. In the movie Schindler’s List, a lot of events were depicted in which a viewer would predict they changed Oskar. In the beginning of the film Oskar Schindler was

different types of conflicts and tensions, as well as different types of resolutions. Liesel Meminger, the main character of The Book Thief, is a young teenage German girl. While Schindler’s List is set in occupied Poland, the main character, Oskar Schindler, is a middle-aged Czechoslovakian, who works as a German industrialist and is also a member of the Nazi Party. This is shown with a close up shot, as Oskar places a pin with a swastika on his jacket coat [4:15-4:22]. At the beginning of The Book

Oscar nominated movie directed by Steven Spielberg. This movie is based on the 1982 biographical novel published by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. It is an R rated movie with a 185 minutes running time. The main character of the movie, Oskar Schindler is played by Liam Neeson. The movie portrays the story of the German businessman who tried to preserve the lives of some Jewish refuges during the holocaust. In times past, the Jews have been victims of ethnic prosecutions. The Jewish history