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Film Analysis: The Pianist

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The movie, The Pianist, is a prime example of how detrimental Nazi’s were to groups of people that did not share their common beliefs. Jews were the main focus of this movie, showing how poorly treated they were during the time of World War II. Overall, Jews were thought of as inferior based on the opinions of Hitler and the Nazi party. Throughout The Pianist, four main stages of the Holocaust can be spotted which include economic sanction, political and social removal, physical removal, and final solution. Economic sanction was a time where Jews were financially restricted in their community. This could be represented by boycotting Jewish businesses, firing Jews from jobs, or burning Jewish author’s books. An example of this in the movie …show more content…

While some of the family just wanted to follow the Nazi’s rules and stay out of trouble others wanted to rebel because they were fed up with these restrictions, especially Wladyslaw’s brother. Nonmatter the disagreement, the Szpilman family just wanted to stay together. When the family was about to board the cattle cars, they did not revolt, but they sat and cherished their togetherness. Since they were going through such a hard time, all their happiness and hope left were each other and they weren’t willing to lose one another over a revolt. Also, Nazi’s tried convinced people that they were going to a Jewish neighborhood where they could live in peace. When Wladyslaw was separated from his family, he lost all of his motivation to carry on except for his love of piano playing. Referring back to Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, I can connect Wladyslaw’s piano playing to the reason he was able to stay so strong through the rest of his troubles. He kept this glimpse of hope in his mind that one day he could play again and be happy. The movie even has scenes of Wladyslaw therapeutically miming his piano pieces as he continues through his hardships. The information in this movie really opened my eyes to what it was like to be a Jew in this horrific situation. I absolutely think this movie was beneficial to my curriculum because you can a read

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