Itzhak Stern Essays

  • Itzhak Stern: Symbolism In The Film Schindler's List

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    God works within Itzhak Stern plays a crucial role in the film Schindlers List. Stern is Oskars personal accountant and he handles all the jobs given to him by Schindler. Itzhak is the first character in the movie to realize that Oskars factory can be used as a sanctuary or a safe haven for Jewish people. The quote “A person who saves one life saves the world entire” by Stern sums up what Schindler did. At first it is difficult to break down and find its true meaning. Schindler only saved a

  • Schindler's List

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    The Holocaust was a time of horrible cruelty. Millions of people were forced into atrocious conditions and suffered unspeakable treatment. They were treated worse than cattle, losing their identity. The German people after the war also lost their individual identities. Even though most of the population had no idea what was going on, they were blamed and stereotyped as monsters for the actions of a small group. Schindler’s List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of Oskar Schindler

  • Connections across Texts about World War II and the Holocaust

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    own money and with the help of an accountant named Itzhak Stern, a Jew whom Schindler protects. Similarly, there is a relationship between a German and a Jew in The Book Thief. Hans Hubermann, a German foster parent and house painter living in Molching, risks his life as he hides a Jew named Max in his basement from the Nazis. They form great bonds through the struggles that life puts in front of them, like Oskar and Itzhak in Schindler’s List. Itzhak and Max are some of the few Jews being treated humanely

  • Oskar Schindler: Transformation from Greed to Savior

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    At the beginning of Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler was a man who has only one thing on his mind: money. Schindler was a very smart man, with a plan for everything, nothing would stop him from achieving his goal. He hired a Jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern, and started up the foundation of the company. He warmed up to the nazi officials as a way to ensure their interest in buying from him. Oskar Schindler, in the beginning, was a bit egotistical, selfish, and not a very pure man, sleeping with other

  • Schindler's List

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    unlikely saviour of more than 1100 Jews amid the barbaric Nazi reign. A German Catholic war profiteer, Schindler moved to Krakow in 1939 when Germany overran Poland. There he opens an enamelware factory that, on the advice of his Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern, was staffed by Jews from the nearby forced labour camp at Plaszow. Schindler's factory prospered though his contacts with the Nazi war machine and its local representatives, as well as his deft skill on the black market. Then, somewhere along

  • The Role of History and Memory in The Fiftieth Gate, Schindler's List, and The Send Off

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    The strong relationship created between history and memory is one of a vexing nature due to deliberate selection and emphasis. It does however result in a confluence of different representations, that is, personal stories (memory) and public stories (history). Mark Baker’s biography and autobiography ‘The Fiftieth Gate: A Journey Through Memory’, explores his parents’ memories which are both verified and contradicted by Baker’s historical findings, as each asserts their claim through these different

  • schindlers list

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    open a factory in order to gain profits from the war. At the time, Jewish people were no long permitted to own a business, so Oskar obtains a factory from a Jewish man named Itzhak Stern, and makes Stern his accountant and manager. The two men form a strange relationship, with Oskar taking advantage of Sterns talent, and Stern distrustingly but obediently following Schindlers orders. Schindler goes to the Jewish ghetto to get the rich Jewish people to invest into his factory, and to get the poor Jews

  • Schindlers List

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    conditions. The Judenrat, a Jewish council, organizes the Jews into working groups according to their abilities. Oskar Schindler, a German business man, visits the ghetto to talk to Itzhak Stern, a Jew who owns a pot-making factory. Oskar and Itzhak make a deal in which Schindler will take over the factory but Stern will be the plant manager. The Jews are once again sorted according to their education and working ability, those who cannot work are sent to extermination camps while some of those who

  • Schindlers lost

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    Nazi officials to better himself. As the movie progresses Schindler begins to produce war materials using the Jews as a labor force. As he sits back and watches the various actions of the Nazis he begins to question his morals. His accountant, Itzhak Stern, begins making a list of around 1200 Jews. These Jews were to come and work in Schindlers' factory. When Germany surrendered all of the Nazis were to be hunted. Many Jews thanked him and all of the workers wrote a letter explaining Schindlers'

  • Role of Nature in Mary Shelley’s Mathilda

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    Mathilda and her father and contrasts the ideals and boundaries of the natural and spiritual worlds. Naturalistic imagery encompasses Mathilda’s childhood as she is prompted to take solace in Nature due to the lack of affection she receives from her stern aunt, whom she describes as being a "plant beneath a thick covering of ice" (1343). Mathilda besets a dreary childhood lacking in affection and companionship by becoming lost in the dynamics of Nature: "I loved everything, even the inanimate objects

  • The Old Man and the Sea - A Fish Story

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    clearly shown throughout the book. There are many instances where Santiago displays his respect for fish and one of them is stated, “the Old Man hit [the albacore fish] on the head for kindness and kicked him, his body shuddering, under the shade of the stern” (Hemingway 39). This shows Santiago's respect and feelings for the albacore fish. Hitting the fish on the head and kicking the fish is a sign of respect. Another example of Santiago's respect for a fish is when he describes the fish, “never have I

  • Plaboy Magazine and the Trivialization of Women

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    explicitly pornographic magazine aside and hold it singly responsible for the degradation of women in society because we see pornographic images in every facet of contemporary media culture. But Playboy, as the "spearhead of the sexual revolution" (Stern and Stern 389), carries disproportionate responsibility for the cultural devaluing of women because of its powerful role as the world's leading pornography magazine and because of its iconic status in U.S. popular culture. In Playboy's crusade to liberate

  • Journey's End by RC Sheriff - How does the Opening Grab the Audience’s Attention?

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    and four officers. In Act 1 scene 1 the previous company has had a quiet posting with only irregular attacks and the German troup movements are just starting. The opening is one example of the way R.C Sherriff has tried to make it fun as well as stern. He opens with Hardy singing a song, “One and Two, it’s with Maud and Lou…”, which also shows that some parts are unrealistic and not showing a war the way we all know a war to be like. The first two characters we are introduced with are Hardy

  • Along Came A Frontage Road

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    father relives this memory, because it may have been one of the few that he actually enjoyed. The next father that Michael Chabon introduces is Nicky’s father. Nicky’s father shows affectionate towards his son, but he also possesses the ability to be stern. During the story you find out that he and his wife lost their little girl at the age of 17 weeks. Through the mourning of the death and trying to move on from the situation, Nicky’s mother suggests that Nicky and his father go pumpkin hunting for

  • Consequences of Passion Exposed in The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

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    Tristan’s military prowess earns him the honor of taking Iseult as a wife to King Mark. Tristan is kind and gentle in his speech of promise about reverence that the would-be-queen is entitled to in Cornwall upon their arrival. Iseult’s mother gives stern instructions to Tristan concerning the wedding night of King Mark and Iseult, and believing that Tristan as a nephew to the king would honor such promises. Child, it is yours to go with Iseult to King Mark’s country, for you love her with a faithful

  • David Copperfield: The Many Differences Between James Steerforth And T

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    occurs when David allows Steerforth to keep his money. Steerforth uses this money to buy food for many of the students. Steerforth displays his selfishness when he insults his schoolmaster, Mr. Mell, and gets him fired. Again, Steerforth shows his stern personality again when David arrives in London, and he is given a very small room over a stable. Steerforth confronts the hotel employee, and David is given a much better room. The greatest example of Steerforth's brute personality is when he runs

  • Gerard Nanley Hopkins’ Poem God’s Grandeur

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    Gerard Nanley Hopkins’ Poem “God’s Grandeur” Gerard Nanley Hopkins’ poem “God’s Grandeur”, illustrates the relationship connecting man and God. Hopkins uses alliteration and stern tone to compliment the religious content of this morally ambitious poem. The poem’s rhythm and flow seem to capture the same sensation of a church sermon. The diction used by Hopkins seems to indicate a condescending attitude towards society. The first stanza states that we are “charged with the grandeur of God”

  • Steamboats In Louisiana

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    boat era. Calliopes were used on the boats to let people know that the boat was docked. The name “calliope” comes from the Greek goddess “muse of sound.” The paddle wheels were mounted either on the side or back of the boat. After the Civil War, the stern (back of the boat) paddle wheel was most popular. Although the paddle wheel is very large it draws just a few feet of water. The wheel spins about 18 times a minute with only four planks in the water for best speed. A steamboat travels about 15 miles

  • Voice, Words and Sound in Heart of Darkness

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    and utter despair as may be imagined to follow the flight of the last hope from the earth. There was a great commotion in the bush; the shower of arrows stopped, a few dropping shots rang out sharply—then silence, in which the languid beat of the stern-wheel came plainly to my ears’ (Conrad, 82). The whistle is the signifier of civilization, of all that is incomprehensible to the primi... ... middle of paper ... ...For the story is full of silence, full of the memory of the savage. Does his

  • Physics of Personal Watercraft

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    are also some of the most maneuverable water vehicles. This is because PWC's propultion is based on a jet that also is it's turning mechanism. When the driver turns the handlebars the jet (via cables) turns in the direction of the handlebars so the stern is pushed in the opposite direction. This allows the driver to turn at a much tighter angle than traditional boats with keels and rudders.The main drawback to this maneuverability is the fact that if there is no thrust coming from the engine the ability