Oskar Schindler's List Movie And Book Comparison

Thomas Keneally tells the true tale of Czech businessman and Nazi member, Oskar Schindler, and his heroic deeds during the Holocaust in his book, Schindler’s List. The story follows Oskar, as he joins the Nazi forces in hopes of attaining a wondrous profit, who runs a factory to receive payment, luxuries and contribute to the war effort. Oskar, shortly after reaching his position among the Nazi and SS parties, comes to the decision to help save as many Jewish lives as possible after witnessing the psychotic and evil intentions the parties have about eradicating all Jewish people. An unlikely hero is thus risen, and that hero, Oskar Schindler, uses his power to lead a sort of silent and secretive revolt against the German ruling powers. Based …show more content…
Thomas gives the reader a clear idea of how Oskar influenced Amon to unknowingly save Jewish lives. Amon also grows to like Oskar as a great friend and is proved by Amon’s actions and trust. One can see that the similarities about the book and the film are great, being that many of the same events occur on this topic in both the film and movie but usually happen or are carried out in a different sort of way. An example would be when during a transportation of Jewish prisoners, the transport train came to a stop and Oskar called upon the fire brigade to come and hose down the train cars, lending the Jewish prisoners withheld inside a helping hand by giving them water to drink and cool off with. Oskar then convinces Amon to allow the train cars to be hosed down with water after each stop the train made. Amon, laughing hysterically with the other officers maliciously giggling along found Oskar funny and cruel, which they thought him to be torturing the Jewish people by giving them hope. Intrigued by the idea, Amon orders that the train cars be hosed down after each stop, saving lives that would’ve been lost from unbearable dehydration. An even better example of this would be how in the book and the film, Oskar is put in a very difficult situation due to accidentally kissing a Jewish girl on his birthday due to his drunk state. In the book, Amon is shown helping him out by spreading rumors that he even believed about how Oskar’s mistake was due to a virus that causes him to sometimes feel affection for Jewish people. Amon also went as far to mention that people with this virus should be pitied, not punished, and that they should receive help. Contrary to the book, the movie has Amon stick up for Oskar by having Amon talk to a high ranking official, where Amon said mostly the same things about how their is a virus, people with it should be pitied and what not. This