The Film Schindler's List versus Novel Schindler's Ark

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Schindler's List

The film Schindler’s List has a tendency to simplify and

sentimentalize the character Oskar Schindler compared to the novel

Schindler’s Ark in which the film is based on. The film Schindler’s

List lacks depth and understanding of the character Oskar Schindler,

and tends to over dramatize events within the film in which Oskar

Schindler is responsible for.

The novel Schindler’s Ark begins its in-depth documentary story with

the earlier life of Oskar Schindler. The novel describes his family

life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his rebellious teenage years

in the newly created state of Czechoslovakia. The novel informs the

reader of Oskar Schindler’s relationship with his father and how his

father abandoned Oskar’s mother, in which Oskar never forgave his

father for leaving his mother alone. This information of how Oskar

Schindler became to be how he is, is all significantly missed with

Schindler’s List, Because it gives the viewer a whole outlook of Oskar

Schindler and a better understanding of the ...

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