Compromise and cruelty along the way

Thaddeus 2022-04-19 09:01:04

The protagonist's life is very good, and there are noble people along the way.

It's just that not everyone was as lucky as him, so they died.

It's not that I didn't think about resisting, but I really didn't resist.

It's not that they didn't think that only death would greet them, but it was stubborn that it wouldn't happen.

I have thought more than once, knowing that I will die, why can't I fight? Why don't you resist and fight? The dying lamb, why is it so weak?

do not know. Later, they were killed by Nazi guns.

The male protagonist actually has no main line, but he has received help again and again, and has survived one desperate situation after another. It is a little bit of kindness from the Nazi soldiers and a little help from others.

What impresses me is a little detail

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  • Regina: Quiet please. Quiet. Order, order! Please!

    Halina: She's a lawyer, she likes order.

    Regina: Listen, just listen. The watch we put under the flower pots and the money we stuff in the violin.

    Father: Will I still be able to play?

    Wladyslaw Szpilman: Well... you'll find out.

  • Dorota: I nagged Jurek for weeks and weeks, and at last he gave in and said, "Allright, come with me tomorrow." So I came and... they bombed the station!

    Wladyslaw Szpilman: Meeting you like that was absolutely wonderful.

    Dorota: Really?

    Wladyslaw Szpilman: Yes. It was... it was unforgettable.