Keith Beard HST 1014 DR. Fain 12/04/14 RESPONSE PAPER “THE PIANIST” The Pianist‚ released in 2002‚ is a film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Ronald Harwood. Based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film has a long list of actors‚ including Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Emilia Fox‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman‚ Ed Stoppard‚ Julia Rayner‚ and Jessica Kate Meyer. The film provides the viewers with amazing actors and actresses playing wonderful characters‚ their realistic
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-Example of his luckiness: •When he was in the Jewish ghetto‚ his family didn’t die from starvation because he found a job. • He escaped from the concentration camp • He found people who are willing to help him and hide him • He met Captain Hosenfeld Characters: Wladyslaw
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Roman Polanski’s new film The Pianist is a work of genius on every level‚ except‚ alas‚ for the press-pack promotional slogan attributed to the director himself. “The Pianist is a testimony to the power of music‚ the will to live‚ and the courage to stand against evil.” If he actually said it‚ he flew in the face of his own masterpiece‚ which is a testimony to none of those things. In the Warsaw ghetto‚ the power of music‚ the will to live and the courage to stand against evil added up to very little
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The Pianist Directed by Roman Polanski The Pianist is based on the true story of Polish and Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman during the deportation of the Jewish community in the Warsaw ghetto. Szpilman escaped death from concentration camps by the kindness of acquaintances and strangers and managed to outlast the war by hiding from the Nazi’s in various bombed buildings. Szpliman’s memoirs were adapted by playwright Ronald Harwood. I was thrilled that Roman Polanski was the person to direct
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into hiding in the city. Szpilman was later found by a German officer by the name of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. He knew the officer was going to take him‚ but the Captain did the opposite. He helped Szpilman don’t get captured by other officers. Hosenfeld would give Szpilman food and a place to hideout. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld was later captured by Russians and died as a Prisoner of War. Captain Hosenfeld and Szpilman is one of the great stories of kind hearted people during the holocaust. An organization
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is of great importance in the eyes of Jews and it is teaching them the moments of their collective past. While it is also teaching the other nations that war is harmful to all; and that all Germans were not evil and there were men like Captain Wilm Hosenfeld who saved Szpilman and had a soft heart like any
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Warsaw The Pianist‚ released in 2002‚ is a film directed by Roman Polanski and written by Ronald Harwood. It is based on the book written by Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film has a long list of actors‚ including Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Emilia Fox‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman‚ Ed Stoppard‚ Julia Rayner‚ and Jessica Kate Meyer. The film provides the viewers with amazing actors and actresses playing wonderful characters‚ their realistic costumes and locations‚ and a breathtaking storyline in
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Yuritzi Soto March 01‚ 2012 The Pianist The Pianist is a great movie based on a true story. The movie is set in the1940s at the beginning of the Holocaust during World War II. The film begins with a black and white scene. Wladyslaw Szpilman (played by actor Adrien Body)‚ a famous Polish Jew living in Warsaw‚ and working for a radio station as a Pianist sees bombs dropping at the radio station where he works. After the radio
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Wilms Tumor Wilms tumor‚ also called Nephroblastoma‚ is the most common type of pediatric kidney cancer‚ accounting for about 5% of all childhood cancers. “It is named after Max Wilms‚ a German doctor who wrote one of the first medical articles about the disease in 1899” (The American Cancer Society‚ 2016). Majority of cases are diagnosed before the age of 5‚ becoming less common as the child grows older. There are approximately 500 new cases diagnosed every year in the United States. During
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Children with a suspected or diagnosed Wilms tumor should be immediately referred to a pediatric cancer specialist for evaluation and treatment. Children have an overall five-year survival rate of 90%. As similarly mentioned in the diagnostic protocol for Wilms tumor‚ the COG and SIOP each have their own treatment protocols. Both protocols have statistically similar clinical outcomes‚ however‚ the focus for this section will follow the COG protocol. The COG protocol is advantageous in promoting
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