jakob the liar

1)The main message in the movie is hope, and how it brings people together in a time of crisis. It achieves many great things in the movie, like when jakob lies to Lina saying he will show her the radio once she tries to make herself not sick anymore and eats better. Even though he lied, it inspired her to get better.




2) I didn't know that  Bezanika was near poland, or that the red army was the Soviet army. I didn't know that in the end of the war some trains to Auschwitz went to safety with the Russian troops, either.



3) I most associated with lina because she  was very optimistic, like when she pretended to be a train conductor even though she just lost her parents. I would probably just be wandering around like her when her parents were taken to Auschwitz, but would be practical too, like when she told jakob hiding under the bed wasn't a good place to hide.

4) the scene I found most inspiring was when at the end the Nazis were taking pictures of the jews being escorted to the trains to the death camps, like they were proud. It made me realize how inhumane and heartless humans can become, just by learning and following mob mentality. I felt really disgusted when they were taking pictures of the barber who hung himself because he didn't want to die at the camp, because it verified the point even more. It made me realize that people are very complex and easy to control.

5)Manipulation is a big theme, because jakob lies to every Jew in the ghetto about how the war is ending,when it's really not. An example is when jakob  tells them the Russians are flying east, and then when another Jew says they're going the wrong way, he lies again, saying it's a strategy to trick the Germans.




6) instead of the ending where jakob gets shot and doesn't say anything about the radio when the Germans tell him to, he could have alternatively given a speech about fighting for freedom, and inspired the Jew in the crowd enough so they rebelled against going to Auschwitz and attacked the German soldiers, started a rebellion. Sure, some would get shot, but who knows, maybe jakob and mischa and the other characters could have escaped.