Compare And Contrast Night And Schindler's List

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Although night and Schindler’s list happened during Nazis Germany in World’s War two, the different point of view affects how the stories of Jewish treatment are told. In the night, we only see the action from one place, while in Schindler's list we can see the whole actions from the Jews and the Nazis. The main characters in the night and Schindler's list were different in many ways, Elie in the night was a teenager and religious Jewish but Schindler was part of the Nazis and he was an adult. They were a dynamic character Elie changed from positive to negative while Schindler is the opposite. Elie in night lost his faith after he saw all the people that were killed or died. on the other hand Schindler at the end realized that he was guilty

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