At first glance, Oskar's disloyalty to his wife Emilie and the fact that he has a wife, a mistress, and a girlfriend might seem like a relatively unimportant part of Schindler's List. Schindler’s disloyalty is very easily interpreted as a background context for the book, and for the purpose of giving Oskar personality traits. Disloyalty is obviously a bad characteristic, but it’s possible we could empathise with Schindler now, because he is a flawed person, which is realistic and gives him a personality. However, Schindler’s flaws are central to understanding his character, showing that just because he is a hero he is not immune to fatal flaws. it adds human traits; it’s what we do with ourselves, not what we’re born with that matters.
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The answer is that they stand out because there are very few of them. What if there were more, brave, selfless people like Schindler who worked tirelessly to save human lives? There were many citizens who sympathized with the Jewish plight, but not many spoke out against it, and even fewer committed to action. If the choice was left to the people, the Holocaust would likely never have happened. Why did a government exist that could grant one person (Hitler) the ability to instigate a mass genocide?
In the real world, heroes are judged by their actions in the open world, not by their private life. We have already read a book with a flawed hero: Beowulf. Beowulf was still revered despite his greed and pride, and Schindler is still respected by many on both sides in spite of his lack of loyalty towards his wife. However, Beowulf and Schindler are also quite different. Beowulf's flaws pertained directly to his actions (i.e. he killed Grendel only because he wanted fame) while Schindler's flaw has nothing to do with his courage of saving
Even though his marital conduct is gravely wrong, it does not define Schindler as a person when it …show more content…
The answer is that they stand out because there are very few of them. What if there were more, brave, selfless people like Schindler who worked tirelessly to save human lives? There were many citizens who sympathized with the Jewish plight, but not many spoke out against it, and even fewer committed to action. If the choice was left to the people, the Holocaust would likely never have happened. Why did a government exist that could grant one person (Hitler) the ability to instigate a mass genocide?
In the real world, heroes are judged by their actions in the open world, not by their private life. We have already read a book with a flawed hero: Beowulf. Beowulf was still revered despite his greed and pride, and Schindler is still respected by many on both sides in spite of his lack of loyalty towards his wife. However, Beowulf and Schindler are also quite different. Beowulf's flaws pertained directly to his actions (i.e. he killed Grendel only because he wanted fame) while Schindler's flaw has nothing to do with his courage of saving