Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Itzhak Stern: The True Hero
While the movie is called Schindler's list, it really should have been called Stern's list. First off, he was the one who typed it but even before that, it was his idea to bring in Jews from the ghetto for cheaper wages. While he used this logic to appeal to Schindler, a shrewd businessman with only an eye for money, he was also trying to save his people. Beyond this, he tried to save academics and intellectuals by forging papers for them saying they were essential workers. By doing this, he was saving twice as many lives. Throughout the movie, we can see that Stern's growing friendship with Schindler starts to bring out the moral side of Schindler. Schindler rescues Stern from the trains, his first saving act, but only because he needs Stern. Stern brings out the better side of Schindler. For these reasons, I believe that Stern is the unspoken hero of the movie. Do you agree or disagree with this? Do you think Schindler would still have done his actions without Stern?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree with what you are saying I believe that stern had a huge part in saving Jew's and changing schindler into a better person but i don't think that we should take away schilders bravery for hiring Jews and saving lots of them and also he was the reason why stern was able to work and pick the Jews. He never intervened with what stern was doing or who he was picking to work at his factories. And for that schindler was a hero.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that Stern was the one who saved the Jews. He was the one who made the lists and had the idea in the first place to save his own people. I do not believe that Schindler would have saved as many Jews or had the intent to save them because it was apparent in the beginning of the movie that he was in it only for the money.
ReplyDelete