Character Analysis Of The Movie: Schindler's List

In the modern age, historical movies generally do a decent job of conveying emotions and overall milestones in history, but they often misrepresent or sometimes even makeup the crucial details that tie the movie all together. While the movie, Schindler’s List, gives a very accurate representation of the trials and tribulations faced by the Jews during the Holocaust, it misses the mark of accurating portraying Oskar Schindler and the infamous “Schindler's List.”

The Holocaust is one of the single most studied events in history and is known about throughout the world. With it occuring in recent history, there are thousands of primary and secondary sources, with even more being uncovered each year. The Holocaust was by far one of the most cruel and twisted events in human

In the movie, Schindler’s character goes through a very dramatic, emotional transition that does not follow history itself. In the first half of the movie, Oskar Schindler is a very busy businessman whose true goal in life is to make money and business connections. He is often seen buying high ranking officials gifts and seducing them at parties. Later, once the factory had been opened, Schindler rejected the young lady’s family at the factory by claiming he wasn’t in the business of saving Jews. It’s evident though as the movie progress that his heart softens as he accepts the lady’s family to work at the factory and extends the list of workers to be saved from the seemingly inevitable death of the Holocaust. History, however, characterizes Oskar Schindler in a very different light. It is true that he cared about helping Jews because he didn’t have to move his original factory; Schindler had made plenty of money in Krakow, yet he chose to spend almost all of his money moving and maintaining a new factory that only produce one wagonload in a period of eight months (Oskar