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Wiesler's Spying
This movie talks about how did Wiesler, Dreyman, Christa’s life changing through the spying mission. Wiesler is government agent who is assigned to spy on Dreyman. I believe Dreyman’s attitude towards life changes Wiesler’s mind and persuaded him to help Dreyman to escape the suspicion from the government. And through this mission, he had doubt about the upper level leader are so powerful that they can do everything they want. The government trains Wiesler to be an emotionless, ruthless, and heartless person. He believes in his country, and has no doubt about the way that government treats their own citizens. At that time people in East German cannot trust each other, the government forces citizens to spy on each other. Wiesler was teaching in the secret police school, when there is a student who has …show more content…
But he spying on Dreyman, Wiesler notice Dreyman also loves this country and follows everything the government wants him to do. At the same time, Wiesler’s colleague reminds him ‘they cannot monitor minister’s life’. But actually, minister also has feeling for Dreyman’s girlfriend Sieland. And he want Dreyman to get in trouble so he can get Sieland. I believes starting at this point, Wiesler has doubt about the government. Wiesler this character started being incohercent, which means his value and beliefs started to change. Wiesler went to Dreyman’s apartment, took Dreyman’s book to read. He started to understand what Dreyman is thinking, and feel sa d about him. Because of the government, Dreyman’s friend cannot be the director of his play. When Wiesler back to the apartment, a child ask him if he is secret police or not. As usual he should investigate about what child’s parent told him about the secret police, but he choose to not ask. At this point already started changes his way to live, he stopped trying to think everyone might be

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