What is a hero? This is a question that has many answers. The simplest answer is a person who demonstrates strength, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. With this definition it can be very easy to call just anyone a hero. We all know someone who has some if not all of these “requirements”. But what makes them stand out? If everyone who had these qualities were a hero the word might not mean as much. A hero is someone who is willing to sacrifice what means the most to them to help others in need. They are able to take extraordinary measures to achieve their ultimate goal whatever that might be. With that being said I want to become an expert on the hero Oskar Schindler because he has demonstrated an unimaginable amount of strength and selflessness during the holocaust.
Oskar Schindler started off as an ordinary man. He wasn’t anything special if anything he was kind of a jerk. He is not the type of person you would think could represent the perfect mold of a hero. In fact, many described him as being cynical, greedy, and a really big gambler. At first he is not what one would consider to be a hero, but in the end that is what
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In the earlier parts of his life no one would have ever expected him to do so much to help others. We are talking about a man who joined the Nazi Party and was a spy for them in the time leading up to the war. This is what makes him so fascinating. He started off as a selfish man who only cared for himself and his money. In fact, he initially started his factory and hired the Jewish workers simply for the profit. It was cheaper to employ Jewish workers over the Poles. Somewhere however he took a complete turn. He started to see what was really going on. He was not blind to what was going on around him. He did not give in to all of the prejudice and propaganda. He was just an ordinary man who in the end did extraordinary