The Book Schindler's List By Thomas Keneally

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I read the book Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally. Schindler’s List is an outstanding book that expresses many different emotions and feelings. This book expressed a various range of sad and happy emotions that contributed to the plot of the book. Schindler’s List is a story about a man named Oskar Schindler, who moved to Krakow, Poland, amid World War II, to pursue his dream as being a German entrepreneur. Oskar is a factory owner who happens to make a deal with the commander of the Paszów labor camp, Amon Goeth to have 1,100 Jews help work in Schindler’s factory basically as slaves. In the beginning of the story, Oskar sees the Jews as a way to enforce cheap labor so he loves it. I think this is extremely rude of Oskar to perceive Jews …show more content…
Without Oskar, the story would not be possible, nor worth reading. Oskar’s impact made it possible for Jew’s to have a chance and the impact he left helped aid in saving Jew’s lives. Another impact that Oskar made was creating Schindler’s list. By creating this list, he was able to get all 1,100 people on the list free and safe to Czechoslovakia. The lasting impressions that Oskar had on me was his selflessness and willingness to give to other people. Oskar because bankrupt because he spent all of his money trying to make sure other people were free, if that does not show selflessness then I do not know what does. In my eyes, Oskar is a hero and a God to the Jews. He sacrificed his own life to save others and he was never expected to help people so doing that truly showed how he went above and beyond what would ever be expected of him. In the end, Oskar Schindler, is one of the greatest American heroes from the Holocaust. This book was extremely well written but it was hard to sit there and read about the pain and suffering the Jews go through, but thankfully for Oskar, he made the book easier to read because of his selflessness and integrity. Overall, the book was phenomenal and makes a person really want to go out and help

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