The Pianist, a 2002 movie, is based in Warsaw, Poland during it's Nazi occupation from 1939 to 1945.. It follows the life of Wladek Szpilman, a Jewish radio pianist. This movie shows what life was like for a Jew in Nazi-Ruled Poland. In this movie, there are various examples of nearly every step on the Pyramid of Hate. There appear to be far fewer examples of the lower steps, as the movie throws the viewer into the action quite fast. Early on in the movie, there are many examples of both acts of prejudice and discrimination. One such example being when the main character, Wladek Szpileman, and his friend Dorota Hosenfeld attempt to go out to the café. Once they get to the café, they notice a sign on the door stating that no Jews are allowed in the café or on the benches near the park. Another such example is found shortly thereafter when the Jews are forced to identify themselves as such with something along the lines of a Star of David on an armband. A third example that is shown in the movie is that Jews were no longer allowed to walk on …show more content…
One such instance that was in the movie was when Wladek's father was beaten for not bowing to a passing Nazi soldier. Another instance of violence that was illustrated in this movie was when Wladek Szpileman was walking inside of the ghetto and saw a small boy attempting to crawl back into the ghetto, under the wall. Wladek tries to help the boy get onto the ghetto side of the wall, but the boy has little more than his shoulders through and is beaten to death by someone/some group on the other side. One of the most brutal, violent, scenes of this movie - borderline genocide - is when a group of Nazi soldiers drive into the ghetto and round up a family of Jews, take them out onto the street and use them for target practice. Before they use the family as target practice they throw an elderly man off of the balcony of a 5 story