The Revenge of Living

     I absolutely loved this film! Ever since I was little I have always been interested by the Holocaust. The stories of survival, tragedy, and perseverance were awe inspiring and it would always seem to touch me in ways I can't quite describe. Many times I was overcome in sadness when hearing stories, but the film, Defiance, was different. Defiance was more of a story of survival then tragedy. It showed the humanity of the people and how so many cared for one another. The Bielski brothers never turned anyone away that needed help and in the end saves over 1,000 Jews.

     When Tuvia says in the film "Our revenge is to live" I think he was exactly right. I think he meant by this statement is that the Nazis are trying so hard to exterminate all of the Jewish population. Hitler was trying to create a certain nation with specific people. He wanted to create his own race. While their goal is to kill all of the Jews, the Jews are just trying to survive. By simply living, the Jews have their revenge over the Nazis. They are doing was they should not be doing and doing it well. They are experiencing life, even if it was in hiding. In a way living for the Jews was a way of taunting the Nazis saying "Ha Ha I'm still here and you won't win."

     There is a huge difference between humanity and revenge. Humanity is the goodness in people and how they care/act towards one another. Revenge is the opposite. Revenge is an act people do out of anger and hatred. Revenge is mostly never a good characteristic, its an evil one. We simply act out of hate, no good deed or emotion can come out of it. I do think that revenge is mostly a human trait, but in some instances I guess it could be an animal trait too. For example if another animals kills a lion cub, then the mother will most like take revenge out on whom ever killed her cub. Plus you can get an animal angry and they can attack, but I'm not positive if that is revenge.

     Being human is living. Its a physical thing or what we look like. Humanity is whats with in us. Its the way people act towards one another and how we deal with situations. Its the goodness in each and every one of us. 

     While revenge is mostly a bad characteristic, there are instances where revenge is an act of humanity. The most obvious example is Tuvia's statement that I discussed above. Sometimes acts of revenge can be for good causes or showcase the humanity in others. It depends on what kind of revenge is taking place and what happened in that situation.