辛德勒的名单--电影赏析学期英文论文

哈尔滨商业大学学期论文

一个平凡人成长为英雄的必要因素

——对辛德勒的人物解析

学生姓名刘桂桂

专业商务英语

学院外语学院

2012年12 月11 日

Harbin University of Commerce

Term Thesis

The Necessary Factors of a Man Becoming a

Hero

—Analysis of Schindler's Character

Student Liu Guigui

Specialty Business English Language

School School of Foreign Languages

December 11, 2012

Based on a true story, S chindler’s List is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II. Schindler's list released in 1994, the film reflected the German Nazis killed the Jews’ crimes. It became the most popular movie in that year; and in the 66th Oscar Academy Award, the film won 6 gold medals. In the movie, the director shows Oscar Schindler who greed, cunning to the audience; but last growing into a hero who rescue more than 1100 Jewish. Through narrative of this film, I had an analysis of how Oscar Schindler becomes a hero from a man.

Schindler is one of the leading roles through the whole film. There is large different in character molding of other films, the director present a vivid true Schindler for us. As is known to all, everyone has his/her faults, as an idiom say, Gold cannot be pure and man cannot be perfect. Schindler is no exception. Saving lives is great, but he is still the one as ordinary people. There are his weaknesses.

At the beginning of the film, Schindler is a mercenary businessman; he only cares about money and how earns money in fast, effective and safe ways. When Starn told him the Polish workers are much higher than the Jewish workers, he had no thorough consideration and then answered, “Poles cost more, why should I hire Poles?" This is the original Schindler, and also gives a first impression in the whole movie.

In the social, Schindler had graceful bearing, and spent lots of money. He used his idiomatic ways to bribed German officers, and he became the one of them. Here we can see Schindler is a sociable businessman, and he this series of action is to give him for more money. Above all, this is the embodiment of his cunning. However, I think he as a businessman, joining the German Nazi party, and then becoming the Nazi party member, the reason is also to seek more profits in the business.

For his family, he is not a good husband. In the film, Schindler need a secretary. There are many ladies coming; even though young and beautiful girls typing technology is

very poor, Schindler still smile and close to them more; while the one old lady having fastest typing speed, but Schindler ignored her in the whole process. What’s more, he always took his secretaries to home, and slept with them. This segment reflects Schindler’s lewd side, and this is also one of his human weaknesses.

For a long time in the film, Schindler shows us a cunning wise businessman image. He proud of he had a wise accounting; after accepting the old single arm man's thank, he scolded Starn. From these views, we can see that Schindler is a standard businessman. Although he hired the Jews, in a sense, he saved the Jews lives; the Schindler did not realize this. In a movie scene, Stan e forgot his job card and he was put on the train. When the train started, Schindler saved him. At this time, there is an overhead shot, Schindler saved a life, and he was put in a high position. Stan behind him this show Schindler's tall; But at this time, Schindler is still a pure businessman. He is a man, not a hero.

At the beginning of the film, Schindler only wanted to make more money, he didn’t realize the way can save Jews lives in that dangerous moment; but Stern did. As a shrewd Jewish, stern found that using this method can save a lot of Jewish life, so he employed many old and weak people into the factory. At last, Schindler found his this kind of behavior; then rebuked him. He thinks this behavior would be out of pocket. At that time Schindler didn't care about other people's lives, but money. With time flies, something in his heart were changing.

He could understand why stern do these, finally, he thought stern is right. Stein like a model teaches Schindler what he should do and how to be a good man.

When saved a man who had single arm, Schindler scolded Stern; but when the single- arm old man came to thank Schindler’ kind action, Schindler shamed accepted it.

As for himself, he thinks he did nothing, but he is a good person in other people’s eyes. It is an impor tant motivation to encourage Schindler’s change in his own heart.

When Schindler stop on the top of the mountain, only a girl dress in red appeared, she stands for life and hope. She through the crowd and came into a house, then hid under the bed. People always care the girl's safety. At this time there was music of children's chorale chorus, Schindler on horseback, as God looked the whole earth. He saw the German were shooting Jews in front of building. Schindler’s face without the usual grace, it was a strange look. At this time, his heart may be shocked for this. From seeing Nazis’cruelty, Schindler knows, he is different from them. He began to have mercy on the Jews, and to protecting the Jews. Here is the Nazi cruelty, shocking the Schindler deeply.

If Schindler was Amon Goeth, he is nothing, but a monster. Schindler has the ability to love others, but Amon has not. He hates the Jews, but loves a Jewish girl. Schindler has the ability of soul-searching and thinking, he has feelings in changes of the outside world; but Amon Goethe is like a god of death, he just like killing. So other important reason for Schindler’s change is his own conscience.

In the Amon's villa, Schindler and Goethe chatted in balcony, and He told Goethe: "killing is no power, that’s justice. It’s different than power. Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don’t.”Schindler knew that the real meaning of power and how a person should do can control the power. He had a certain understanding on fascist obituary behavior. From now, he began to protect the Jews. At that time, Schindler's human nature was more perfect. He was not a simple businessman; he has begun to understand what he needs to do.

In my view, there is no doubt that Schindler’s identity is his change’s reason. As we all know, he is a Nazi party member; but we didn’t difficultly find that he is different from other all German officers. Actually, his Nazi party i dentity for Schindler is a “Green Card” for business. He had no clear political ideas in his mi nd, this is the reason why Schindler didn’t like others followed by Hitler's idea. he is a businessman ; and his

original idea is do well with the military and then make more money.

So, from the objective factor saying, Schindler has a favorable status. This kind of identity let him have the ability to run the factory, and have working relationship with Nazi officers. From the subjective factor saying, his mind is not affected by the identity, or changing him like other German officers. His external identity and his inner identity is not completely consistent. We should not ignore that this is a reason for Schindler’s change.

In the film, Smart Schindler through a variety of indistinguishable ways helps the Jews. He sprayed water to the train carriages; this seemed to be "cruel", but only Schindler knew clearly. It actually wants to give people on the train a litter of hope. In the end, Schindler decided to spend money for Jews’ lives. This was the only way to save the Jews lives, he thought. There are a dialogue between Schindler and Starn: Starn: what…did…Goeth…say about this? You just told him how many people you needed and..

You’re not buying them! You’re buying them? You’re paying him for each of these names?

Schindler: if you were still working fo r me, I’d expect you to talk me out of it. It’s costing me a fortune

From this dialogue, we can see than the decision was made by Schindler himself. He needn’t anyone who tells him what he should do. It’s his. I believed that every viewer were shocked by S chindler’s did, including his former guide, Starn. Oscar Schindler was never the man who mercenary or cared money higher than everything. From now, he is a real hero.

When Schindler managed to get 1,100 people released from the camp and brought them to Cze choslovakia, in the trains’ station, he said his own “rules” to the Nazi soldiers.

At the moment, he stood out to against Nazis and protected the Jews, the 1100 people he saved.

Schindler warned soldiers: "under Department “W” provisions, it is unlawful t o kill a worker without just cause. Under the Business Compensation Fund, I am entitled to file damage claims for such deaths. If you shoot with put thinking, you go to prison, I get paid. That’s how it works. So, there will be no summary executions here. There will be no interference of any kind with production. In hopes of ensuring that, guards will no longer be allowed on the factory floor without my authorization.”

As we all know, he did not any qualified weapon by deliberately in his Arsenal. All of things he did were only to protect the Jews. In order to help the Jews, he negotiate the rules with the German soldiers, Schindler is not a standard businessman indeed, ever. He used his own possessions support the Jews, which eventually leading to his factory almost came to the edge of bankruptcy.

At the end of the film, the German fascist unconditional surrenders to the allied forces in 1945. Schindler made a speech in the factory and announced that the Jews are free and safe; but he as a Nazi party member had to flee. In order to thank Schindler, workers took off their gold teeth for Schindler making a commemorative ring. Schindler wore the ring and had no thanks to anyone, but tore. He began to regret, saying that he was too extravagant, and he should save more money for people. He was crying, just like a child. Starn and workers tight embraced Schindler. Here, it put Schindler and the Jews in the same position. As a motto say, a hero always thinks he did too little. Here is Oscar Schindler. Through these series of things, Schindler had become a great hero.

As G. B. Shaw said, “money is nothing; character, conduct, and capacity are everything. There would be great people and ordinary people and little people, but the great would always be those who had done great things, and never the idiots.” Schindler

saved 1100 people’s lives, he from a ordinary man to a hero. Through the film, the audience’s views on Schindler are changing for his various good actions. Finally, Oscar Schindler became a hero, a worthy of respect hero for all people.