Comparative Analysis of Hotel Rwanda and Schindler's List
Final Essay In both “Hotel Rwanda” and “Schindler’s List”. Paul Ruesesabagina and Oskar Schindler are both men of style who help their own individual countries through many different ways. Paul and Oskar show different ways of helping out the people in their own countries by using their exquisive styles. In “Hotel Rwanda” Paul Ruesesabagina is a hotel manger in Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide. The genocide is going on because the Hutus believe that the Tutsis killed their president and that is why the Hutus are attacking on the Tutsis. Paul is a Hutu, but his wife Tatiana and his children and other close friends are all Tutsis and it is his mission to save them all. In the movie when Paul was getting ready to go work the Hutu rebels come to see if there are any Tutsis left in Paul’s house, Paul hides all of his family and all of his friends in one room of the house and Paul goes outside to deal with the Hutu rebels. Paul then takes everyone to the hotel and bribes the rebels to let all of his family and friends to stay alive. Paul through out the movie does many things to help out the Tutsis and help them out for anything that they all need. Paul’s style still remains the same through out the whole movie. Oskar Schindler is a buisness man with exquisive style. He bribes many people. Schindler is currently living in Poland during the Holocaust. Schindler decides to open a pots and pans shop where the Jews can work in. In the movie Schindler is very kind to the Jews and feels sympathetic. A scene which shows some Jews sitting in a very hot train getting sent off to a concentration camp. Schindler realizes that all of them feel very thristy and decides to quench their thirst by sprayin water at the Jews. When the pots and pans factory shuts down Schindler decides to open an ammunition factory. All of the men arive but than Schindler realizes that all of the ladies train is going to Auschwitz. Schindler goes to Auschwitz to bring the women back. Schindler