...Who do you believe should when the honorable award for heroism in the Holocaust? Personally, I think that Oskar Schindler should win the Medal of Honor. His story is well known to many, and what he did changed WWII. In April 28th, 1908, Schindler was born in Zwittau. He lived there for most of his life, later marrying Emilie Schindler at the age of nineteen. Though he was married, he was always seen with a mistress or two. He became a salesman in Poland, his job becoming more important as the war began. If Shindler was good at one thing, it was bribing. He made friends with some sharpens and commanding officers, getting what he wanted with women,booze, and money. In December of 1939, Schindler stepped back from the cruelness of the Nazism,...
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...The germans occupation of Poland was an ideal situation for a man like Oskar Schindler, a businessman and opportunist. Krakow was made seat of government for Nazi-occupied Poland. As more Officers and SS troop entered the city, new ways to profit from the conflict arose. One of the first scenes in the movie shows Schindler for the opportunist he was. He is shown drinking, laughing with and befriending high ranking Nazi Officers. The Nazis brought new opportunities for profit and Schindler makes sure to cultivate the right contacts to assure that he will secure his share. In 1939 Hitler invaded Poland. In real life, within a week of the invasion, Schindler moved to Krakow to find a way to benefit from the Nazis occupation. During this time he met Itzhak Stern. With money he borrowed from aquaintences of Stern’s, Schindler purchased a kitchenware factory and opened it in 1940 He hired Stern as his accountant and used Jews from Kracow ghetto as his work force. During this time Shindler had cultivated friendships with Officers in both the German Army and the SS. Through these friendships and with a few bribes, Schindler was able to secure numerous army contracts for pots and pans manufactured in his newly opened kitchenware factory. The persecution of Jews began immediately after the German Occupation. The Germans took over Jewish properties and seized companies, houses and valuables. The Jewish living quarter, know as the Krakow Ghetto was created on March 3...
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...Film Viewer Opinion Paper HUM/150 December 01, 2012 Film Viewer Opinion Paper In this paper I will talk about why I choose this film. With the Movie Schindler’s List your imagination has no limits while watching it. Schindler’s List might just be one of worst movies to watch because of the horrific events that happened to the Jewish people during World War Two. A businessman named Oskar Shindler goes to a new city in Nazi-occupied Poland with the dreams of making a lot of money off the Nazis by making products with Jewish slave labor. After starting the plant Oskar start to understand what the Nazis are doing to the Jewish people and then starts to help them save their lives. I would have to say I do not think there is nothing enjoyable about the movie but was a great movie. Even with the horrific and terror on the people it was meant to be done for the reason that to give it a documentary-style of cinematography and the timeless sense of the film (Wikipedia, 2012). It was the understanding of ones love of historical films which make it enjoyable to watch. This is one of the best films ever that conveyed the real horror of the Holocaust by the Nazis. “Schindler's List blends the abject horror of the Holocaust with Steven Spielberg's signature tender humanism to create the director's dramatic masterpiece” (Rotten Tomatoes 2012). The violence in Schindler’s List is unenjoyably, which makes a lasting impression on you after watching the movie. The violence in the film...
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...This movie is set in Germany in1939, during the beginning of world war 2. It opens showing the Polish Jews being forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto by the Germans. Shortly after, German businessman Oskar Schindler leaves Moravia and arrives in Krakow, looking to make money off of this relocation. Schindler was a member of the Nazi party and hosts an event for SS officials, where he showers them with praise in hopes of obtaining a factory of his own. He then enlists the help of a man named Itzhak Stern, who was an official at Krakow’s Jewish Council, to hire Jewish people to be his factory workers. This was beneficial for Schindler because Jewish workers were cheaper. In exchange for working in his factory, he would supply them with products...
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...Schindler’s List is a movie taking place beginning in September 1939 during World War II in the Nazi infiltrated Krakow, Poland. Beginning with a character named Oskar Schindler who was a Nazi businessman interested in becoming a war profiteer. Schindler capitalizes on the changing economic times and war with a goal of economic gain. He begins this scheme by befriending the Nazi SS officers and later to befriend a well known successful Jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern. Schindler’s goal is to take over a confiscated pots and pans company and turn it into a manufacturing company to provide cookware kits for the troops. Manpower for such a plant is more profitable with Jewish employees that get paid less than the Polish. The Jewish employee’s compensation is being paid back in products that can be traded on the black market as well as safe keeping from becoming shipped off to concentration camps. As time goes on and the Nazi’s force the Jews into small walled-in areas referred to as ghettos. The only was to leave the ghetto was to have worker paperwork. Without your paperwork you were subject to consequences to include execution. With Schindler’s factory becoming known as a safe place, more people wanted to work for him in any capacity. With the influence of Stern and the increasing gravity of the situation in Krakow, Schindler seemed to become more protective over the Jewish especially his employees. A keen example of this is when Stern was placed on a cattle...
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...Schindler’s List Essay Oskar Schindler would never have been anyone’s ideal savior, especially for the Jewish community. He was an open member of the Nazi party, a womanizer, a gambler, an alcoholic, and an extremely money hungry man, but insight of all of this he was successfully able to rescue over twelve hundred Jewish men and women from death. Schindler was a very tall and handsome man. Needless to say, he was adored by all the young women he met eyes with. However, Schindler fell for a beautiful young girl named Emily. After only six weeks of courtship, they were married. Sadly, after only a few months of marriage, Schindler began to heavily abuse alcohol. He also had several affairs resulting in two children out of wedlock. In 1929, during the Great Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. At this time, Schindler’s father left his mother, and she died soon after. Finding himself jobless, Schindler sought work in nearby Poland as a machinery salesman. The saving of the first Schindler Jews began in 1939, when he came to Krakow in the wake of the German invasion. In Krakow, he took over two previously Jewish owned companies that dealt with the manufacture and sales of kitchenware products. In one of the businesses, however, Schindler was merely a trustee. Looking more for his own power, he opened up a small enamel shop right outside of Krakow near the Jewish ghetto. Here, he employed mostly Jewish workers. This in turn saved them from being...
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...Fahrenheit 451: Censorship Imagine living in a world where you could not read or own any books. How would you feel if your house was burned down by someone because books were hidden somewhere between the walls? In the novel, owning books is illegal. A firemen in the novel starts fires rather than putting them out. Many people of the society don't even have an interest in reading books. Those interested will hold a book under their roofs, which can lead to serious risks. Either going to jail after your books and house is burned down or get burned with your books and house. In Fahrenheit 45, Censorship plays an enormous role and can be the most important theme. One of those roles are burning of books and the other is use of technology. One of the most general themes in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 is censorship. Censorship is the suppression of speech or other information that may be considered objectionable, harmful, politically incorrect or inconvenient. In the novel the role of a fireman is different in the book than a fireman in our living. Firemen in the novel are enforcers of the censorship laws. They are notified when a person is known to have books in their house. The burning of books is censorship in Fahrenheit 451. The opening line “It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 1) explains it all. Homes containing books was forbidden by law. Firemen could burn homes that had books. Books aren't really necessary because the power of technology has taken over of people...
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...451: More Than Just an Auto-Ignition Point A look to the future seems bleak for the literary world. Forcing us to see the prospect of a world without the influence of creative thinking, this novel conjures a grim outlook. In the novel by Ray Bradbury titled Fahrenheit 451, fire symbolizes everything from the destruction of social issues to the renewal of hope. Guy Montag is the protagonist who faces a dilemma in a community that has chosen to burn all of the books. Montag is a fireman who is tasked with burning books as a profession. Montag meets a series of characters who aid him in his journey of preserving the information in the books. In the end, the knowledge is preserved in an unconventional way. In the article by Michelle Dean, titled “Our Young-Adult Dystopia”, she describes the current situation of books being mass produced without much substance. She discusses works that are similar to each other and lack depth. Dean talks about what is being published and how it is only for financial gain. Books that she speaks of, might actually be types of books that the society in Fahrenheit 451 would allow. The society in Fahrenheit 451 chooses to burn books to prevent the society form gaining knowledge. In the quote “Do you ever read any of the books you burn?”. He laughed. “It’s against the law!” (Bradbury 3). In this dystopian society, burning books was a way to keep people in the town from thinking on their own. Free thinking can lead to people having opinions that go against...
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...I believe that Oskar Schindler made a difference in history. The reason is that he bribed his money to have Jews work for him in order to keep his business going on during the war. Schindler is a member of the Nazi party and he bribed and paid money to the SS so that they would not execute the Jews and or hurt them. The Jews were thankful when he saved them from death and poor hospitality. Another person that is like Oskar Schindler is Berthold Beitz who is an director of an oil refinery in Poland. Oskar Schindler made a difference in history. Schindler saved 1,200 Jewish lives from certain death. The reason for that action is that he would not lose business of making products during the war. Later on, he would have his business produce ammunition for the war to support the Nazis that are fighting the Allies. The Jews were forced to make different types of ammunition that the Nazi’s used in the war. In the next paragraph, we would talk about how Schindler got the Jews....
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...Oskar Schindler was born in 1908 in the city of Zwittau, Moravia which is now part of the Czech Republic. Oskar grew up and attended a German-language school. Oskar's mother, Louisa Schindler, was a homemaker father, and Oskar’s father, Hans Schindler, was a factory owner . Oskar had one younger sister named Elfriede.. when Oskar was child, Schindler was popular and had many friends, but he was not a good student at all. In the middle of his friends were two sons of a rabbi. In the 1920s Schindler worked for his father selling farm equipment. In 1928, Oskar married a young woman named Emilie which caused problems in Oskar and his dad’s relationship which eventually led to Oskar leaving the family business. Meanwhile, the political landscape in Europe was undergoing major changes, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party began their rise to power. Hitler began stirring up ethnic feelings among the Sudeten Germans, pointing out that their "rightful" ties were with Germany, not Czechoslovakia. By 1935 many Sudeten Germans joined the pro-Nazi Sudeten German Party. Schindler joined, too—not out...
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...Oskar Schindler was a man of business during World War II. At the beginning of the film he was very greedy and was only in the business for the money. By the end of the film, he was wishing he could’ve saved more Jews and was crying over how he didn’t think about all the other things he could’ve sold to save more. The things that caused his changes were him opening his eyes and realizing what was really happening around him. He saw the innocent killing of the Jews and even though he was Nazi, he still believed that killing them just because they were Jew’s was wrong. I believe that he didn’t like that and he tried to change it. I believe Schindler did what he did because he wanted money, but in the end he turned to a different view. He looked at it as what can I do to save more Jews. I’m not completely convinced what he cared about...
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...Most people can associate themselves to others in society. Some authors create fictional characters that the masses can relate to. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; I can relate most to one of the main characters, Guy Montag. Guy Montag is a protagonist that realizes the society is backwards and he takes initiative to make a change to it. To be specific, Montag realizes burning books isn’t really what he want from society. As a result, I can connect to Guy Montag. Throughout the book, Guy Montag expresses his opinion of the way society runs. He believes it’s society that makes him unhappy in life. As he burned books he thought, “So it was the hand that started it all...His hands had been infected and soon it would be his arms...His hands were ravenous” (Bradbury 41). This shows how unhappy he was conforming to society’s standards. Just like today’s society, where people are judged if they don’t conform to these standards created by society. Just like Guy Montag, I feel that society should not be the way it is. Overall, I can relate to the viewpoints of Guy Montag. On the other hand, there are some traits Montag possesses that I’d personally like to incorporate into my personality. One crucial trait that Montag has, is him being able to take initiative on what he believes is wrong. When Montag met with an English professor named Faber to create a plan to fix society, Montag says,"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing. I looked around...
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... Flame In the book Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury, uses the motif fire to show the destruction in the city. Fire is used to suggest that destroying history makes people happy because it hides the uncomfortable past. The government did not allow books and the would send firemen to light houses with books on fire. Bradbury uses fire to represent the wreckage and rebirth of history. The first sentence of Fahrenheit 451 is “It was a pleasure to burn” (3). In the story, Montag was a fireman. He started books on fire to burn away all the history. The history was hidden because it provoked new ideas and thoughts that made people unique. These people did not fit into the Government's perfect mold. When Montag the main character, met a young girl named Clarisse, she asked him, “Are you happy?” (10) He was not happy. Montag was stuck inside this fake world where everyone was brainwashed and told what to think. He wanted to have ideas for himself. The destruction of books controlled what the society knew. Even the schools choose what the students are thinking. The Government ruined the society, and nobody had new ideas. His wife, Mildred was dissociated from life, along with her friends. She had parlor wall families to keep her company, and she was happy in her own little world, but she was not happy. Everything has a downfall, it’s the circle of life, for example in the story, the city was bombed and everything was destroyed. Montag, Granger and a group of people planned...
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...In the novel, “ Fahrenheit 451” written by Ray Bradbury introduces many characters such as, Montag, Clarisse, Mildred, Beatty, and Faber. This novel generally reveals how the dystopian society is burning books and how many of their citizens are leaving or being killed because they still want to read. Montag’s character is placed in a situation where he isn’t able to properly think because of his dystopian world/society. Even though, he wasn’t in a good situation he was able to push through it as hard as the obstacle was. Different emotions were expressed that changed characters throughout the story. In the novel, “Fahrenheit 451” written by Ray Bradbury, the main character Montag is a fireman whose job is to burn books. This dystopian world is against reading books. Failure to do so will result on the books being burned. Montag does what is told to him, he does not think for himself. He has never questioned anything about his job. One day, Montag had just finished burning books and was heading home when he came upon Clarisse. “ Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” “ He laughed. That is against the law?” pg.12 Montag's behavior in regards to Clarisse asking all these questions shows no interest in books at all. Due to the fact that Clarisse was asking so many questions and telling him about her life had Montag thinking since then. When Montag met Clarisse, he was confused because all the questions that were being asked. Montag had no idea how to respond to Clarisse because...
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...In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the main character is a man named Guy Montag. Montag lives in a futuristic American city were firemen start fires instead of putting them out. Where they live with little emotion as possible and where they spend most of their time in front of televisions laughing, talking, and arguing with their “families”. Montag is one of the firemen of the town, The job of the firemen is to burn books that causes people of the town to be sad, angry, or any other strong emotions. The people of the town live their lives with little emotion as humanly possible. For example, they drive at over 100 miles per hour because the drivers only focus on getting from point A to point B. Montag meets this 17 year old new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan. He meets her when he is one his way home from work at the fire station. Clarisse has a different perspective on the way that the city lives. She does not watch tv, go to races or Fun Parks like everyone else and she sees a psychologist because people say that she is crazy. Her perspective influences Montag to think differently about what he is doing and what should be done with his life and the lives in the city. However, Montag’s wife, Mildred, is an average stay-at-home wife that does what everyone else does. The tv in their house is always on with Mildred watching her “family” because she believes the “family” is real. Mildred dreams of being a tv star so she could be with her “family”. In chapter two, Clarisse is said to...
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