1. EXT. AUSCHWITZ PUBLIC SQUARE. AFTERNOON (1944). Twenty year old ROLF MENGELE is standing in the middle of public square’ the central hub of Auschwitz concentration camp where Nazi officials lurk among enslaved Jews. There is a large crowd of soldiers surrounding ROLF. He has a revolver in his hand and has it aimed directly towards the head of RINA GALLER, a beautiful nineteen year old Jewish girl. She is on her knees in front of him whispering something inaudible staring directly into ROLF’S eyes. Her long brown hair is in a braid down her back and her clothes are ripped as if she was forced onto the stage against her will. ROLF’S Nazi youth uniform is pressed very nicely as if he had been prepared for this day. ROLF’S jaw is clenched as …show more content…
There’s a patient bed in the middle of the room and a table with various tools. Some don’t even resemble doctor’s equipment. The TWINS stay by the locked door holding each other’s hands. JOSEF is scrambling through files trying to find his diagram for his favorite experiment—conjoined twins. ROLF looks at the TWINS. He’s not sure what to feel about Jewish people. He has been raised his whole life with the belief that Jews are innately bad and had to be destroyed, but he knew in his right mind that what his father taught was wrong. He faces a constant inner battle between what he feels is right and the morals he was raised to believe in. After a few minutes JOSEF emerges from the file cabinets with a manila folder. He opens it up in ROLF’S direction revealing an intricate diagram of twins conjoined at the waist. ROLF is not shocked by the diagram—he is used to this kind of thing from his father, but what does shock him is the idea that the TWINS in the room would most likely be the test subjects of the day. ROLF (quietly) But you were just so nice to them. JOSEF (scoffs) Man up Rolf. You need to put your feelings aside. It’s like you aren’t even my son. ROLF looks at the TWINS then back at his father. He hates hearing things like this from the only person he aims to please. The one person he longs to make proud—his own father. JOSEF (to the twins) Now how would you two like …show more content…
It’s as if you have been tumbling down towards an open sea for your entire life and you’ve only just now discovered that you can fly. END FLASHBACK. 4. EXT. AUSHWITZ PUBLIC SQUARE. SUNSET (1944) Tears begin to well up in ROLF’S eyes but he dare not let them fall. He keeps his eyes locked on RINA’S which are open once again. All he can imagine is his father hovering over her with that eerie smile of his and some wild idea. Cutting her open, and then throwing her body away as if she’s nothing but trash. He willingly cocks the gun. RINA gasps. ROLF (V.O.) I won’t let you suffer a fate worse than death. Rina, darling, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. He closes his eyes. RINA opens her mouth to scream out his name, but he pulls the trigger before she can. The crowd cheers, but to ROLF everything is muffled. All he can hear is the gun ringing. He has yet to open his eyes, he doesn’t want to see her. ROLF feels a hand land forcefully upon his shoulder which shocks him. He opens his eyes to find JOSEF standing there in front of him shaking him gently. He was smiling. JOSEF I’ve finally made a man out of
we meet our four main characters, Paul Baumer, Stanislaus Katczinsky Muller, and Tjaden. In this book we see how these men are devastated by Germany's infantry, as it rips apart their humanity, leaving them as empty shells deprived of their souls. As we continue to see how long they continue to progress as individuals, we see them devastated by all-out war. Chapter two introduces us to Corporal Himmelstoss, the power-hungry man put in charge of training the soldiers, who treats them with inhumane cruelty and complete disrespect. As they are able to escape his evil tyranny, they are confronted with the death of their friend Franz Kemmerich, who dies at the end of chapter two, leaves them with the only concern of who will get his boots.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarqueis a book about a German soldier Paul Bäumer and some of his friends from school who joined the army voluntarily after their teacher talked about joining the war. The group of nineteen year olds started the war with a great sense of nationalism and enthusiasm, but after experiencing ten weeks of hard training from Corporal Himmelstoss and the brutality of life on the front. Paul and his friends realize that the reasons of for which they enlisted are simply meaningless after some time on the front. Also, Paul and his friend realize that war is not as glorious or honorable as it is made out to be, and constantly lived in strain both mental and physical.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the last straw. In October 1914, World War I broke out. Long before the war, the creation of the alliance system and the competition between European countries lead to an increasing tension that spread throughout Europe. As an attempt to resolve the global issues, the Triple Alliance, including Russia, Great Britain, and France, went to war against the Triple Entente, Austria Hungary, Germany, and Italy. The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque eloquently depicts the horrors of war and its disastrous consequences by following the journey of a young German soldier.
Q5. The book All Quiet on the Western Front taught me everything I know on war. Before reading this book I honestly knew absolutely nothing when it came to war. The only things I had known was that the United States of America had a strong army and they would protect us. War had never been a worry to me, occasionally I would hear about it in the news, but it never bothered me.
All Quiet on the Western Front is a book about World War I narrated by Paul, a German soldier fighting on the front lines. All Quiet on the Western Front has many different themes, such as the horrors of the war and dehumanization. In the epigraph of the novel, it is said that the book will “try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.” The book claims that war is a force that not only wounds and maims, but also crushes character. Paul directly investigates why countries go to war, later facing issues of existence and mortality.
To commence, the people in power use authority to exploit their ‘captives’. In Night, Wiesel vividly describes the unfamiliarity of Auschwitz as he first arrives. The SS guards take this to their advantage by lying to
People don 't realize that they 're twins anymore. " They have both experienced severe memory loss. Their parents have had to try to re-teach them basic skills such as the ABC’s, colors, and numbers. Their mother reported that she got asked heartbreaking questions by the boys: “ 'Are we going to die? Can the doctor fix us?
Don 't you do it. Don 't you fucking do it." After several gun shots are heard, she exclaims "Did you shoot
Thomas was kicked out of the house last night. No matter what happens today all I can do is rewind the scene. Father looks at Thomas. “Who are you?”
I filled my gun with gunpowder and took the rod to make sure the bullet was in place. I gently cocked my musket and fired. The bullet struck one of the red coats and he fell to the ground, injured. Blood gushed out of his leg as he tried to manage his wound with a bandage. James tackled one of the red coats and used a rock to smash his face.
Tell us now!” Gever shouted angrily at the guard. “Uh... he’s down the hall, to your left.” Gever and the others then ran past him, but they didn’t see the pistol the guard pulled out of his uniform until it was too late. The guard pulled the trigger, instantly striking and killing
In addition, as Josef and the other guys were arranging how they would take revenge, they came together “And they had done it. Just like that, they had taken the bridge” (255 Gratz). This is a risk because if Josef and the other Jews got caught before they finished, they could’ve returned to the same spot they were already in or worse. Josef doing this task reveals that he is brave and willing to protect his family. Furthermore, as Ruthie was explaining her refugee experience to Mahmoud, she started to explain how “Josef had died so [she] could live” (316 Gratz).
He then pulls out his gun, points it at Ricky’s face, and sternly
Entry 1- The book starts off about a couple of kids who were born and raised on the streets they are trying to make a better place. The three boys George, Rameck, and Sampson clean the street by picking up trash and fixing the broken benches with Sampson’s brother Andre. Sampson breaks his foot after dropping concrete on it during his attempt to move a concrete slab with Andre.
“There was a pain in my head and my body was growing heavy. The shot had left me deaf and dumb. That’s it, I said to myself. It’s done. I’ve killed.