Szpilman Essay

mselves. Taking risks is the price to pay for ones life. During the movie many risks are taken by multiple characters in effort to help others. When Władysław Szpilman escapes his labor job he had in the ghetto, he is helped by many non Jews who want to make sure he lives. They find him an apartment and feed and clothe him. They are risking their life to help this man because they know what he is enduring is not right. Władysław Szpilman himself risks his life on many occasions, like when he sneaks guns into the ghetto or even when he escapes. If he would have been caught then he would be killed. He knows that but still takes the risk because he feels like he is dying anyway. Władysław Szpilman also takes a huge risk in trusting the german …show more content…
The holocaust was a terrible thing that changed the lives of millions. It turned neighbor against neighbor and made friendly souls into ruthless beings. One scene Władysław Szpilman is walking through the ghetto, he watches as a woman carrying a can of food has it torn out of her hands. For starters she must of had to work very hard to earn just that one can and then some man just comes and rips it out of her hands. He ends up dropping it and eats it off the ground while the woman stands and cries. This man has turned into a savage because the Nazis made him this way. They take a well established man, and make him into an animal that eats food off the ground. He even respected the woman that he stole from but hard times call for desperate measures, and the Germans make this man more than desperate. Another example is when Władysław Szpilman escapes from the ghetto and hides in a small apartment. It is just him and no contact to the outside world, which causes him to go a little insane. The Pianist captures the oppression placed on these people and the effects it has on them. These men and women are picked apart of their humanity all for a religious