Methods of Resistance
Defiance (2009) Available for free on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70101696?source=35 Or for rent on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Defiance-Daniel-Craig/dp/B0020DQY7I Defiance (2008) 1) How would you describe the brothers’ personalities? How do their personalities impact their survival? 2) Describe the brothers’ relationship to the people around them – both Jews and non-Jews – before the invasion of Germans and how do these relationship change when the Nazis invade? 3) What were their methods of resistance? How were they attempting to survive? 4) Discuss the concept of “hero” after seeing the movie. How do you understand the concept and does it apply to the brothers in this film? Why/why not? 5) After seeing the movie, why do you think the brothers never talked about their story of survival?
