Defiance

Hello reader.

Defiance. We defy people all the time throughout our lives. Our parents, our teachers, our friends, social norms, our bosses. What we do not defy are Nazis coming to wipe out our people, which, in the case of Daniel Craig's character, Tuvia Bielski, did.

The movie is about a band of four brothers (played by Daniel Craig, Liev Shreiber, Jamie Bell and George McKay) who set up a resistance camp in the middle of the forest, sheltering and providing for Jewish men and women fleeing from the Nazis.

Good plot, based on a true story. Makes you wonder what people like us would do if we were placed in events such as those. For them, the story ended well, they survived long enough to make a difference, saving thousands. Even more shocking is that the two brothers that survived and immigrated to the United States did not try to take any credit for their deeds.

I'm given hope that people like this have existed in the past, they do so in the present, and will still be around in the future.

I also hope that if presented with the same situation, I would also be as honorable and brave as the brothers were.