Schindler's Ark By Thomas Keneally

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The understanding of right and wrong is constantly changing, and one has difficulty in finding an outstanding person of character and true fight for justice. Often there is a dark feeling that there is more injustice than justice. But in Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally, better known as Schindler’s List, the development of Oskar Schindler’s understanding of justice and morality provides hope for humanity for all.
Oskar Schindler is the perfect example of an unlikely hero. He begins his journey as a Nazi Party member and ends the story as a savior. As he witnesses immoral act after immoral act, he begins to change his perspective and sees that injustice is all around him. Schindler starts to recognize that each Jewish person beaten or killed

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