Peter and Thomas were originally carefree, very close friends who loved to go out to clubs and swing dance during their free time. During this time period, however, swing music was banned by the higher powers of Germany. The German government was so concerned about the types of music that its citizens were listening to, especially the children, because the government felt that it would corrupt the kids. Many swing musicians were Jewish and African American and the government wanted to pit its youth against anyone who wasn’t part of the “perfect race.” One day, Peter and Thomas decided to pull a prank to steal a woman’s radio. The boys were caught in the process of taking the radio and the events thereafter led to both of them joining the Hitler Youth Group.
Wiesel however is a young jewish boy who did not know of the horrors that the Nazis brought down upon the jews. When the Germans occupied Wiesel's town, they were nice and compassionate, which lead the citizens to believe that the Germans would not do anything to harm them. While in the concentration camps, Wiesel lost his faith and realized what the world could come to; therefore, he matured extremely quickly. At the end of The Boy in Striped Pajamas, Bruno gets gassed because of one of the gas chambers his father ran. This caused great regret in his father as he now knows that he is responsible for all the jews and his son!
In the 1993 film “Swing Kids” directed by Thomas Carter deals with social, political and ideological aspects of Germany in the 1930's and the clash of those ideas and values shared by youth, the champions of swing music. Peter (Robert Sean Leonard), Thomas (Christian Bale), and Arvid (Frank Whaley) are three "Swing Kids" who are young rebel Germans who have fallen in love with the forbidden: American movies, British fashion, and of course Swing music. Swing Kids was a film exposing some of the techniques of the Nazi dictatorship in Germany during the early 1900’s. The film uses accurate information to draw a clear picture of how fearful the populace was of their government, and the assimilation of the peoples into a regime. Hitler was very adamant about the youth of Germany because his dream of “A Thousand-Year Reich” can only be possible through its youth.
Amir’s first experience of violence is when Amir wins the Kite fighting Tournament, and Hassan, runs off in pursuit of Amir’s trophy. Hassan is gone long enough to alarm Amir, who begins to search for him and once he finds him, he sees Assef, a bully, raping him. Amir at first is scared of Assef but later convinces himself by says, “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba (Amir’s Father) Was it a fair price?” (Hosseini 82). As Amir never helps Hassan, this shows that Amir will do anything to get Baba’s love and intention.
Although he did kill a few people in the story, he never really wanted to. When he defeated Bonzo and Stilson, he did it so that he would not just win that fight, he’d win all of the fights that they would ever have. He never meant to kill anyone. When he found out that he killed all the buggers he started crying. The IF lied to him and told him that it was just a game when it was not.
Also, the music included in the film. As far as I know the film is historically accurate. According to history this kids wore their hair long to identify themselves, listening to swing music, playing it and dancing it. In addition, most of the German parents wanted their kids to be part of the Nazi Youth Organization, but their kids being part of the "Swing Kids" it was impossible, most of them would break the country rules and steal, until they got catch by the police which would give them two options, send them to work camps or join to the Nazi Youth Organization. This project would be based on the point of view of the film and the research of history in order to find out if this film is completely accurate and find out if the directors left something behind.
However after his beloved wife and child were murdered in the Holocaust, he is unable to perceive life the way he did before the war. He goes to the extent of cutting off his right finger in order to punish himself for his love of music and his misguided arrogance. After the war, he also removes himself physically from Vienna to Darwin where there is no musical culture. Goldsworthy suggest his punishment and isolation still fails to erase his past as he still keeps family photo on the piano. His effort to disconnect from memory being unsuccessful is further reinforced in a scene where he is “wobbling to his feet, shouting in German and ” when he hears Wagner music.
The Last Circus Essay Most young boys come to a point in life when they realise that they are not going to stay young boys forever. They stop enjoying their favourite activities, and begin to see the world differently. The child’s point of view matures - the world is suddenly not as flawless as before. The short story “The last circus”, written by Ray Bradbury in 1980, follows Doug, who goes through this exact maturation as he realises that he has been to his last circus. The story takes place in America in the 1950s during the Cold War, when it was a paranoid time for Americans, as they were scared of the atom bomb threat.
Their teacher, Vera, convinces Antoine to allow the children be a part of one of his performances. After realizing the reality of life in the Ghetto, Antoine decides to try to show the Red Cross what is actually occurring by acting it out in a performance. This was a fatal choice for him, Vera, and the children. The film started out by showing the negative treatment of a non-Jewish, French man, because he mocked Hitler. This was a great way for the viewer to see that it was not only Jewish people who were targeted and discrimated against, but anyone who went against the Nazi Party.
This takes place in pre-World War II Italy, and the fascists are in rule. When he finally succeeds in wooing the schoolteacher and marrying her, the film jumps forward to the mid 1940's, when the war is in full swing. The racism shown toward Benigni, who was a Jew, becomes more apparent. Benigni gets himself into hot water with big bullying authority figures and uses slapstick comedy to get his point across. He is then shipped to a concentration camp in Germany.