The Pianist

When I was watching The Pianist, I felt that everything that the Jews were going through was awful.  I couldn’t believe how a group of Germans could just go and kill any Jew they wanted and however they wanted.  Also how some of the Nazis were nice and actually helped some people survive. 

            One part that really upset me was the part when the Nazis came in and told the Jews to stand up.  The one old man who was in a wheel chair couldn’t get up.  His punishment was death by getting thrown over the balcony.  I thought that this was cruel because the man physically couldn’t do something and he had to get punished.  Also, anything the Jews said during a time they weren’t supposed to speak, they were killed.  I thought it was unfair that when the lady asked the German Nazi “where are you taking us” she got shot in the head.  When they killed people, they just left them there.  There were dead bodies everywhere.  This didn’t seem as bad of an idea because it helped some Jews that were in hiding stay alive.  When some of the Jews were lined up and then few were selected to get shot, that was really scary to watch.  Especially when the Nazi ran out of bullets on the last man and the waiting for him to load the gun.  I couldn’t imagine being that guy and having to wait even a second longer.  It must have been better to just get it over with. 

            I also couldn’t believe his will to survive.  He lost everything.  His family, friends, house, everything.  That man really wanted to stay alive.  Even going through starvation and dehydration, he still made it through.  When he was out that one night alone and he heard the Germans running down the road, he realized that he needed to hide fast.  I thought it was brilliant that he would just lie on the ground blending in with the rest of the dead bodies on the road.  I would never be able to come up with something like that in a matter of seconds.