Oskar Schindler The Movie Essay

In the start of the film, Oskar Schindler is a selfish, uncaring man whose only concern is his business. He ends up developing into a someone who understands what the Jews are going through and wants to help them. A Jewish family was taken from their home, which now belonged to Schindler. He says, “It could not be better,” while he doesn’t realize the family who lost their home is now put in an awful situation. He became rich for using Jews as his workers, instead of paying civilian workers. At this time, Schindler only views his Jews as workers and their purpose is to make him money. He starts to change when he experiences the harsh murders of the Jews at the Krakow ghetto. When Schindler watches the little girl in the red coat, it opens his

He would try to acquire Jews, claiming they were essential to his business, and put the Jews ahead of himself. Some of his actions could have gotten him in serious trouble, but he didn’t care because he knew it was the right thing to do. When the Jews were packed up on the boxcars, Schindler asked for them to be sprayed with water. The commandant, Amon Goeth, thinks doing this will build up the Jews hope, even though there’s no hope for them. Schindler really does this because he knows they have not gotten water in weeks and they need it to survive. He reveals his full character development at the end when he realizes he could have done more than he did. He finally understands that if he hadn’t wasted his money on things he didn’t need, he could have saved more Jews. This causes him to breakdown in front of everyone he saved because he knows the Jews were innocent and should have been saved. Schindler goes from a self-centered, money-hungry man to a sympathetic, thoughtful person who saved 1,200 Jews’ lives. He goes from not even worrying about Jews to caring deeply about them and understanding what they have gone