Connections between texts The war was a horrific event and resulted in horrific loss of life. War is bad and has little glory. But can there be a just war? To study the idea of ​​a just war, I studied the texts Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg, The Book Thief written by Marcus Zusak, Base Details written by Wilfred Owen and The Soldier written by Rupert Brooke. Connections between texts include relationships between characters, contrasting moods, narration, and the author's point of view. The character relationships between a German and a Jew are connections seen in both the novel The Book Thief and the film Schindler's List. Both texts show the horrific events that happened during World War II. Schindler's List focuses on the charming and greedy German businessman Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust who buys 1,100 Jews. He does this to save them from concentration camps using his own money and with the help of an accountant named Itzhak Stern, a Jew whom Schindler protects. Similarly, there is a relationship between a German and a Jew in The Book Thief. Hans Hubermann, a German adoptive parent and house painter living in Molching, risks his life by hiding a Jew named Max in his cellar from the Nazis. They form great bonds through the struggles that life throws at them, like Oskar and Itzhak in Schindler's List. Itzhak and Max are among the rare Jews treated humanely in these texts. There is a comparison here because the texts are both about World War II, but in the texts the characters describe different ways in which Jews were treated. In these texts, the two Germans protect the Jew from death. Another aspect of the justice of war is the extent of harm caused to civilians. This is shown in these texts as the rest of the Jews...... middle of paper ......d by Steven Spielberg, The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak and Base Details written by Siegfried Sassoon. Contrary to this, Rupert Brooke, the author of The Soldier, perceives the war as heroic because he is proud to die for his country. The texts are all connected by the theme "can there be a just war" as well as other connections within the texts. The character relationship between a Jew and a German was seen in The Book Thief and Schindler's List. Contrasting moods were observed in The Soldier and Base Details, while the narrative and author's point of view were observed in The Book Thief and Base Details. The question is: how do you perceive war? Bibliography: Brooke, Rupert. (1914) The Soldier. Sassoon, Siegfried. (1918) Base details. Spielberg, Steven. (1993) Schindler's List. United States, Universal Pictures Zusak, Markus. (2005) The Book Thief. Australia, Picador