Oskar Schindler: What It Means To Be Human

What it Means to be Human
Defining what it means to be human isn’t something you often think about. In the Judenrat activity, I was put in a foreign, but a very real situation. I was forced to pick who lived and who died, and if the lives of a few did actually outweigh the lives of many, even if the lives of the few are helpless children and elderly people. To be human means you have the ability to feel and understand, because if we can’t do that then we’re no different from animals. At least that’s what I thought. Oskar Schindler was a businessman who was part of the Nazi Party. Oskar showed both sides of being a human, the good and the bad. He started off being manipulative and greedy, like how he only saved Stern so his business could continue running properly. As time goes on, Oskar starts to change and

This could involve making sacrifices that some might not want to, but have to for the greater good. Oskar Schindler was a greedy, self centered, flirtatious businessman who only cared about two things, himself and money, and only did stuff for them. As his story progressed though this became less true. He started to see the impact him and his factory had, and even though he still cared about money, he wanted to help people too. When the war was over, he didn’t care about himself or money by the end. Money and himself were no longer important, and he put the other innocent people before anything else. This assignment made me reflect on myself and the people around me. I never really asked myself what it meant to be human until now. It showed me that people can change and make a difference in the people around them. Schindler might not have been the greatest person at first, but he soon realized how serious the situation actually was and quickly took action. Even though evil is out there, there is always someone trying to do some good