Schindler's List By Steven Spielberg

Schindler’s List, is a 1993 American film, directed and coproduce by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian, based off the book; Schindler’s Ark. The movie focuses on a greedy German businessman, Oskar Schindler during the events of WWII. Building a company from scratch, hiring Jews to help make a profit, but due to the events of the war, he becomes a humanitarian and his factory slowly develops into a refuge for them. This is a historical movie based on the true story of Oskar Schindler and the 1,100 Jews he saved from being sent away to their death in Auschwitz. This is a story based on the idea of the struggle for human dignity and witnessing the events that happened in Nazi Germany and across continental Europe. The forces
The movie starts off with the preparation of the Sabbath in modern day, and then it jumps to the beginning of WWII after the Nazi’s marched and took over Poland. It continues to tell the story of Oskar Schindler, then it jumps again to modern day with the last remaining survivors of the Schindler’s Jews, visiting Schindler’s grave and placing rocks on his grave for respect. You get the sense of emotion, getting an accurate visual on what the Jews faced in the Ghettos, in the concentration camps, and in the work force. There is a lot of suspense in the film, like in the shower scene in Auschwitz, when you are not sure if the women are going to get gassed or not. Another sense of suspense is when if someone is going to get shot or not. The characters internal and external actions affect everything with emotion and suspense. An example of an external action is when Amon Goeth is in the balcony of his house and takes a sniper rifle and shoots two women who are not doing any work. This is one of the many examples of this character killing Jews. He does this with no purpose, the only reason he kills is because, and he sees no value in the Jews. The book says that, “there should be a clear relationship between a character and his or her actions; the actions should grow naturally out of the characters personality. If the motivation for a character’s actions is clearly established, the character and the plot become so closely interwoven that they are impossible to separate, and every action that the character takes in some way reflects the quality of his or her particular personality,” (Petrie and Boggs 52). He is an example of a member of the Nazi party who has a natural hatred for the Jews. If he did nothing but spared the lives of the Jews, he wouldn’t have been the exceptional villain that he