Schindlers List

In the movie Schindler's List, the main character, Oskar Schindler is a true businessman that is only in it for the money. As the movie goes on, he seems to become more interested in how the Jew's are treated rather than how much money he makes. He starts treating the Jew's as if they were just like any other person, which in that time could have gotten you into a lot of trouble. It seems as if extraordinary situations and serious conflicts deeply affects the way people think before and after they occur.

In the beginning of the movie, Schindler seems to be only in it for the money, not caring about how the Jew's are treated. He doesn't care when they are killed and seems to enjoy all the cheap labor that he gets from them. When he hires them to work, he thinks he is getting a great deal and doesn't seem to think about how they are treated or how they are being used as slaves and thrown out of their houses.

As the movie goes on, Schindler seems to start to care about the Jew's and how they are treated. I think the turning point is when he sees the girl in the red jacket. To me the color in her jacket signifies Schindler's the way Schindler thinks about the Jew's. In the beginning he sees them in black and white, but when he sees the girl he realizes that the way the Jew's are being treated is wrong. This also happens again later on in the movie when we see other things in color, which I think all signify his care for the Jew's.

Towards the end of the movie, Schindler actually seems to care more about the Jew's safety than he does about what kind of profit he makes. He even buys as many as he can just so they won't go to the death camps. This is very significant because it shows how someone can change just from experience and witnessing what has happened. He went from somewhat of a terrible person, to a very caring and sensitive person that is no longer