The Pianist

1. I really enjoyed this movie! It was a great choice for documenting such a harsh time period. This movie was an amazing way of displaying the theme of how if you keep on having a positive mindset you will survive the harshest times. I agree with how just the small things can keep you going and help you stay alive and happy. If you think of the happier times and how things can be once the rocky part of your life is over with it just keeps you going and keeps you pushing forward.

2. Hosenfield saw that Szpilman was in such a deep state and he had nothing left, and I truly think that he felt bad for him. He saw how bad of shape he was in and he wanted to help. Also, he realizes that he is an unbelievable piano player and he has a remarkable talent, and he wouldn't want to detour someone from what they love and what makes them happy. I think that he saw that playing piano and thinking about music was the one thing that kept him going through this very, very terrible time period. After he played the piano, Hosenfield also realized that he shouldn't be marked as a jew and tortured because of that, and Hosenfield saw him at that moment as just another human. He saw him as someone who needed help and who was doing whatever he could to stay alive.
- Szpilman saw that for once after all of these horrible Nazis killed many people and tortured numerous amounts of people that this one person saw him not as a Jew but as a true piano player, and as a real human. As the war was dying down he realized that there still are good people in the world and knew what he was doing was wrong, and I think Szpilman knew he felt guilty so he put his trust into him because he saw for once that he wasn't someone who was out to get him just because of his religion, and he truly wanted to help him and save him.