The Nazis recruiting Rudy when they see how he thinks and his physical capabilities, they think that he is perfect for Nazi schooling. But Rudy's father steps in a volunteers himself instead.…
The first night in Poland a huge ball is held honoring him. It is at this party that her father introduces her to a young soldier nicknamed Spike. While Elizabeth and Spike are dancing he tell Elizabeth that just days ago he smashed a Jew baby head in with his boot. Elizabeth is repulsed and punches Spike in the face. Elizabeth father punishes her by making her go work with the Jews in the concentration camp during the day.…
Another disturbing situation between father and son occurs on the train on the way to Buchenwald. An elderly man sneaks away from a mob that is fighting for bread with a piece under his shirt. He is attacked by his own son and is killed all the while with an extra piece for his son. This event portrays how the ravenous hunger experienced by these people caused them to do drastic things just for survival.…
I liked this movie because it showed real problems that people in Italy face with illegal immigration and it also shows how people can be punished for saving other people. The movie also had very good camera work and the scenes were well put together. If I was Filippo I would do the same thing he did and save the family because if he didn't decide to save them he would have to live with that guilt and it would basically be murder if he watched them die. But I wouldn't go as far as he did and let her rent my house if I knew she was an illegal immigrant. I would save her but she would be in Italy on her own. Because you put yourself more at risk of getting caught if you have an illegal immigrant renting your house so the Italian police and government might know something strange is going on. Also you would get in trouble for having them in your house but when you help them it would be harder for them to find you.…
This movie is a rollercoaster of emotions and Spielberg really captures the depictions of war as well as the internal conflicts of soldiers that were involved in the…
Upon arrival at the camp, Giudo’s family was separated into three, him with his son, Eliseo with other elderlies, and Dora with other women. They were given different tasks to do. Dora learned that children and elderlies are to be gassed, and so she was worried. Her worry didn’t last long as she heard her son and husband speaking through the intercom. This sparked her hope to live so that the idea of them reuniting after the war would be a possibility. Another example of having hope is when Guido saw Dr. Lessing, a customer at the restaurant he was working at before the war. When Guido saw him, he was hoping that the doctor would save him and his family from the concentration camp. Guido was asked to wait tables for Dr. Lessing during the dinner with the German officials. This request, ignited Guido’s hope for survival even more. During dinner, Guido and the doctor was able to talk. Guido found out that the idea of saving them from the camp had never crossed the doctor’s mind. The doctor's intention of talking to Guido was to ask him help with a riddle. Upon knowing this, Guido was dismayed and walked out. WRAP…
Through this act, Guido risked everyone’s life because if someone in the cabin had not understood German, the whole cabin would have lost vital information to survive in the camp. Guido lies and goes to extreme lengths to shelter his son from the reality of the Holocaust by turning imminent survival into a playful game. This scene forces the audience to think about childish games and the fragility of life in the camps simultaneously, provoking the audience to think about the life of…
One very notable performance for me was how quickly the more tame Reverend was able to switch characters and become his hot-tempered son Luke, who wasn’t afraid to do whatever it took to achieve justice. The difference between these two characters was like hot and cold and the actor who played both was able to change between characters fairly quickly so that it was almost difficult to tell that it was the same person playing a different character. I also found the scenes after Portia had been shot to be very moving and I really felt like the actors gave it their all. They were able to embrace the agony of not knowing if your child is going to make it and the difficulty of dealing with people trying to pity you.…
Felix is an optimistic 10 years-old boy living in a Catholic Orphanage since he was a little baby. Felix changes from innocently naïve, not realizing the true horrors of the Holocaust; to more mature, constantly being cautious and on the lookout for Zelda, his new family. Zelda, a ‘lively’ little 6 years-old girl whose family was killed by the…
The story centres around Josephine Alibrandi - an agressive, disatisfied, and confused final year student of Italian extraction. She has one burning ambition: to find her place in affluent society and to break free from her embarassing, stifling italian family.…
David is a twelve year old boy that is brave for escaping the concentration camp where he was born. All David knows is the camp so surviving on the outside is very difficult. David runs at night and sleeps during the day to get to salonika where he snuck onto a ship marked Italy. He then finds a sailor who instead of turning him in helps him get to shore. David gets to a town where he meets…
Compared with oriental people’s implicit quest for freedom and truth, people in western countries are more direct which means that they pursue their goals through practice. The book, Into the Wild, tells a story about a guy who had a philosophical journey. The book shows a process of a person’s spiritual growth: from the yearning for the absolute freedom, a kind of irrepressible impulse and force, to the yearning for the happiness. Maybe, at beginning, what Chris McCandless pursuing was the happiness, but he hadn’t realized it yet. But finally, he realized it.…
As Michele learns more about Filippo Carducci, Michele’s nightmares shift into reality. Michele’s discovery of the boy in the hole and what to do is the most severe test of his moral character. Even when Michele knows he is right to be afraid, he is compelled to act by his sense of moral obligation. He knows he “must go” to see Filippo after he hears Filippo’s mothers declaration of love on the television, even though he “was scared”. His loss of innocence and world of betrayal are distressing and difficult lessons for him. “Papa was the bogeyman. By day he…
In Paris, France, two stories are told, one from the point of a young Jewish girl, and one, decades later, from an American woman that lives in Paris. The girl’s story begins with the police banging on her door, demanding to be let in, striking fear into her and her family, for her dad had already went into hiding, but this time, the French are arresting everyone. The girl’s little brother, scared and stubborn, refused to move, begging to be locked in a secret cupboard instead, and so she locked him there, promising to come back. On the other side of the story, Julia Jarmond, her husband Bertrand, and daughter Zoe engage in lighthearted conversation, visiting Bertrand’s grandmother. In the girl’s story, as the events progressed, they got worse…
1978 Southern Italy is where our story takes place; in particular a small village named Aqua Traverse is where we meet our protagonist Michele for the first time. Michele is a relatively quiet nine year old boy, however his ethics and compassion are far beyond his age. Indeed he shows much more courage and convictions in his morals than many of the adults in the story who are too blinded by lust for money and hope for a way out of Aqua Traverse to care much for morality. Michele demonstrates his understanding of right and wrong when describing Barbara’s forfeit, where Skull had ordered her to unbutton her shirt and show the group her breasts. “I felt bad as about it, the forfeit wasn’t fair.” Although he disagreed with the forfeit Michele did not speak up due to his own fear of Skull. What is important however is that he considered the right and wrong thing to do, even saying “I didn’t like my sister being there”. His protectiveness of his sister is the first sign of his wholesomeness and compassion, even in the face of bad acts.…