The Theory Of Swing Kids

The Theory Of Swing Kids
Theory Illustrations Swing Kids offers excellent depictions of many persuasion concepts, including fear appeals, source credibility, and
foot–in–the–door/door–in–the–face approaches. It also illustrates three familiar persuasion theories: Cognitive Dissonance, Social Judgment, and
Elaboration Likelihood (for discussion of these theories, see Gass & Seiter, 1999; Griffin, 1997; Larson, 1995; Woodward & DentГіn, 1996). The
foUowing is a brief summary of how these three theories are illustrated by the three primary characters. Cognitive Dissonance. Arvid stands firmly
against values and beliefs that are inhumane and evil. His behaviors are consistent with his attitudes. He recognizes that even small inconsistencies in
behavior can lead to changes in attitudes. He declares, "Anytime you go along with them [the Nazis], you just make it easier for them." Peter begins
the movie with anti–Nazi sentiments but becomes confused once he is forced to join the HJ. The more he engages in HJ activities, the more his
attitudes change. In a conversation in the middle in the movie, he defends the Nazis and puts down his father, reducing the importance of his previous
cognitions. When he comes to his senses near the end of the movie, his monologues suggest that he has decided to stand by principle rather than reduce
his cognitive dissonance by rationalizing his behavior. Thomas spends much of the movie rationalizing his behavior and overturning his attitudes and
values. He denies volition about
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Betrayal–is it right or wrong? Is it supporting your country, or turning against your friends? In Swing Kids, a movie directed by Thomas Carter,
betrayal plays a big part of what affects the main characters and their decisions going forward. This coming–of–age movie takes place during the height
of Nazi Rule, where three swing kids named Peter, Arvid, and Thomas try to avoid getting influenced by the Hitler Youth to become part of them, but
as the movie continues, Thomas and Peter end up becoming HJs, and Thomas is fully committed whereas Peter is forced to be one–everyone is trying
to find out where they belong. Arvid does end up committing suicide, and Thomas breaks away from the Swing Kids–but Peter is left torn between his
two friends that...show more content...
A key example is right after Peter becomes and HJ, and he sees Thomas is there as well. Thomas says, "Did you think I was going to let you have all
this fun by yourself? You'd have done the same thing. We can't let them split us apart
–HJ by day, swing kid by night," which proves how Thomas stays
loyal to his friends in the beginning of the movie. However, because of the behavior and personality that he has, it is hard to stick on one side for
too long and he is easily influenced and persuaded. Another scene in the movie was when Thomas and Emil fight in the HJ school boxing ring.
After Thomas says, "Let's see how you do when you're not fighting a cripple," he tries his hardest to fight for Arvid although Thomas betrayed
him. With this in mind, Thomas stands up for Arvid although he was the one without a "real reason" to join the HJs like Peter. This is due to the
fact of how Thomas is like a pendulum, always going back and forth from side to side. Even though Emil does end up beating Thomas, he does get
in the last words, which are, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got no swing." In particular, this quote shows how Thomas gets back at Emil for being a
"real traitor," when in fact Thomas is a traitor as well, so he acts like a hypocrite himself for calling someone else

Swing Kid Examples Of Prejudice
The movie Swing Kids directed by Thomas Carter is a fictional story based on 3 teens and their fight against Nazi Germany. The movie is fictional
but uses real details from where and when the setting was portrayed. For instance, the movie uses real examples of how prejudice, propaganda, and
brainwashing were used in Germany in the late 1930s to try and segregate races and cultures. Prejudice was used just as predominately as the others
were, but I would like to start with this. In the beginning scenes of the movie, we see some large examples of prejudice. We start the scene with the
three main characters; Peter, Thomas, and Arvid walking down the street, as Peter yells at his brother, Willie, for following the trio around to
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Willie approaches the trio and says that he saw a swing kid getting beat up in an alley by an HJ. In this time period, HJ stood as slang for the word
Hitlerjugend, and a swing kid was a kid that listened to American Jazz music, but the music was banned due to its African roots. The trio rush to help
the swing kid because they themselves are swing kids and the trio do not the like HJ. They find out after fighting the HJ, that the kid was Jewish. The
scene had displayed prejudice because the kid was Jewish, and the Hitler Youth were taught Hitler's extreme anti–Semitism. We have talked about this
in class when learning about Hitler's rise to complete domination in Germany and when he had written the book, Mein Kampf, which was shown to
and imposed on the public. Another example is in the swing club. Peter and Thomas are at a swing club when suddenly the HJ and the Gestapo
appear to shut the club down. Peter and Thomas narrowly escape into the alley and escape getting caught there by the other HJs. They change the
scene to the next morning, where a poster is put up that says "Swing is Neger–Kike Music" with the word "Verboten" which means forbidden. Properly

Swing Kid Sociology
In the movie Swing Kids, director Thomas Carter tells the captivating story of two teenagers living in Hamburg, Germany during the period promptly
before World War II. Peter and Thomas are Hitler Youth by day and Swing Kids by night. Unfortunately, as time goes by the boys find it difficult to
maintain this double lifestyle. As they are sucked deeper and deeper into the Hitler YouthMovement, Thomas becomes committed to the Nazis while
Peter takes a stand as a resistor of the Movement. Peter would be described as a companionable teenager who has a passion for art and music. Peter
is a dedicated Swing Kid, and risks getting in trouble with the gestapo to do what he loves most, dance at the swing clubs. He lives a somewhat
impecunious lifestyle at home with his mother, grandmother, and little brother who looks to Peter as a role...show more content...
Looking at Thomas, one would see a troubled teenager who is careless, violent, and crude, the perfect description of a Nazi. On the other hand there
is Peter who has goals for his future, is kind and understanding. The way Thomas' father constantly put him down led him to believe he was not good
at anything, but as soon as he joins The Hitler Youth Movement, he quickley sees he has all the capabilities of being a Nazi. Consequently, his
relationship with Peter, who is focused on more important things such as his future of being an engineer, slowly crumbles into dust.
Thomas and Peter's vulnerability to The Hitler Youth Movement brings their incomparable values into focus. As Peter is not shaken to the point of
change by the movement, he remains a Swing Kid, unlike Thomas who is blinded by the movement and turns to a different lifestyle of being a Nazi.
As the movie comes to an end and the Swing Club Peter is at is raided by the gestapo, an iconic moment occurs as Thomas spiels, "Swing

Swing Kids By Robert Sean Leonard
Swing Kids is a motion picture produced by Hollywood Studios and released on March 5, 1993. The movie follows the 1939 journey of two
German teenagers through the "Hitlerjugend", or Hitler Youth. Peter Muller (played by Robert Sean Leonard) and Thomas Berger (played by
Christian Bale) are forced to choose between loyalty to their friends and family or loyalty to their country. The main focus of this movie is to display
the way the Nazi party "brainwashed" their youth with propaganda. The movie conveys this very well. However, like most movies, this one also leaves
the audience with some questions.
Swing Kids is able to convey the Nazi "brainwashing" tactics better than most if not all World War II movies. Thomas starts the movie out as a
"Swing Kid", someone who goes to secret parties and dances to swing music, but he transitions to become a law–abiding Hitlerjugend (HJ) through
various sports, classes, and activities that make him feel special and privileged compared to the Swing Kids. Emil, a former Swing Kid who
became an HJ, takes him in as his friend. Emil encourages Thomas to participate in more HJ activities until he becomes just like the rest of them.
Without even realizing it, Thomas develops a Nazi mindset with a newfound hate towards Jews, cripples, and black people. He loses interest in
swing music and eventually drives his crippled friend Arvid to suicide by making fun of his crippled leg and spewing out Nazi propaganda believing it
as fact.
Meanwhile, Peter

Movie Analysis: Swing Kids
The brilliant director Thomas Carter, best known for the movie "Whose Life is it Anyway?" directed the emotional movie "Swing Kids". Swing kids
were a group of people in Germany who defied the Nazis by listening to American swing music even though it was banned. Thomas Carter portrays
tone and mood that matches Nazi Germany in the 1940s when the swing kids were popular with the usage of camera angles, lighting, and sound.
Camera angles are like the skeleton of a movie. Without close up shots, over the shoulder shots, and cut–in shots, the movie wouldn't look or feel right.
Lets start with the close up shot. The close up shot is a very common shot that helps show the subjects mood or emotions. In one scene of Swing
Kids the close up shot is used to show mood in Peter's face when he opened the box full of ashes he was supposed to deliver. A good way to show a
conversation between two people is the over the shoulder shot. The over the shoulder is used to look over the shoulder of a subject to look and at the
speaker. A...show more content...
Lighting is like the blood of a movie. Without it, the movie can't move or do anything. A few types of lighting used in the movie Swing Kids are
eyelights, naturalistic lighting, and base lights. Eyelights shine into the subject's eyes to portray more emotion. An example of this would be when
Peter's mother was talking to BannfГјhrer near the beginning of the movie. The second type of lighting that I am going to talk about is naturalistic
lighting. Naturalistic lighting is an adoptable scheme that matches the scenario that the subject is in. This type of lighting is used when Peter and
Thomas are plotting to steal the radio. The last type of lighting that I am going to talk about is base lights. A base light is a light source coming
within the movie world, and is the only light source being used. In the scene Peter and Willy were talking in they're room, the director used two lamps
within the movie as

Swing Kids
Swing Kids 1. Hamburg, Germany. 1939. The main character, a young, German man named Peter Muller, was very traumatized by what the Nazi's
and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann GГ¶ring, whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents
of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie, Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light, and realized what
really mattered in the world around him. Peter's father was a violinist and professor at the university. He spoke out against the expulsion of the Jewish
professors and the entire Nazi movement. Because of this, one night, in the middle of dinner, he was taken away by the Gestapo. He was brought back
home...show more content...
A change was also seen in Thomas. Like Arvid, Thomas was an extremist. He began as a die–hard, live to party, swing kid then changed into a
die–hard, "we are superior", Nazi. Thomas was the rebellious type, because of the way his father treated him. He wanted to rebel against, and get
back at his father because his father thought of him as a misfit that would not amount to anything. His father hated Hitler and the Nazis and always
spoke out against them, although only while in the comfort of his own home. As time passed and Thomas was exposed to more and more of the
Nazi propaganda he began to believe it. He reported his father (they were required to report to their superiors anything someone did or said that was
against the regime or Hitler), which more than likely meant death or torture for his father. He said also, "Arvid was a crippleВ…He didn't belong,"
after Arvid's death. Thomas had turned into a Nazi. 2. A subculture is a part of society that has different ways of doing things that stray from the
dominant or mainstream culture. It can sometimes be described as a stereotype. Its members have little commitment to the category. A subculture is
different from the dominant culture, but is not necessarily seen as bad, and is generally seen as "okay" with the rest of the dominant culture. It's
members still function as a part of

Swing Kid Research Paper
The Journey from a Swing Kid to a HJ Thomas, Peter, and Arvid were teenage boys growing up in Nazi Germany in 1939. They were considered
swing kids. Swing Kids were the "rebels of the German youth in 1930s who refused to join the Hitler Youth" ("Swing Kids"). They liked American
Swing music, had long hair and opposed the Nazis. Swing Kids would sneak off to clubs in the night to dance to swing music, which was banned
by the National Socialist Party because it was not German as particularly because it was made by African Americans or Jews. As the number of small
individual choices that cause a change in behavior are made increase, they slowly add up to cause a larger change in a person behavior. That could be
due to the notion that the collective change of all the parts combine to make a new whole. Thomas, Peter and...show more content...
Thomas said it would be "the perfect cover, HJ by day, Swing Boy by night" (Manulis & Gordon, 1993). They would use being an HJ as a means to
get want they wanted such as the other HJ members not targeting them for being different. That was Thomas' first step in a new direction towards
changing his perspective of the HJ and Nazism. The next step Thomas took towards his different perspective came from his success in the HJ
training camps seen in the movie. Thomas excelled at all activities with the support of Emil and Peter. That is displayed in the scenes where he is
getting congratulatory hugs or high fives from Emil, Peter and the others. The boys were also given medals for their achievements (Manulis &
Gordon, 1993). It is clear that Thomas is beginning to enjoy the success and attention he received while in the training camp. He began to be more
comfortable, therefore it seemed as less of a threat to him. In chapter seventeen of the reading it is stated that "warm personal relationships

Swing Kid Sociology
Swing Kids is a fictional film inspired by true events that occurred in Germany during the 1930s. It begins with an explanation of the "swing
kids;" they wore their hair long, danced to swing music, and refused to join the Hitler Youth. The movie follows the life of a young man named
Peter. He and his comrades rebelled against the HJ by attending parties where swing music and dance would appear. Peter lived with his mother
and younger brother; his father had been taken by the Gestapo six years earlier and died when he was brought back. He worked as a delivery man in a
book store, transporting books to the buyer's home. One day, on his way to make a delivery, Peter spotted a door with the word "traitor" painted on it.
A Nazi officer was carrying a...show more content...
When the HJ kids are standing amidst the party, Peter notices that one of the members is a former swing kid named Emil. He and his colleagues
could not comprehend as to why Emil would join the Hitler Youth. The next day arrived, and one of his friends, Thomas, was accompanying Peter
down the street. In the window of a shop, Peter notices the radio that the Nazi officer had taken just days before; Peter and Thomas decide to steal
it. However, Peter was taken into custody, and he was told to join the Hitler Youth if he did not want to face any worse consequences. On the first
day he was enrolled, he noticed a familiar face had joined also: Thomas. Thomas believed that they could be "HJ by day and swing kids by night."
Days after, other members of the Hitler Youth find Arvid, Peter's crippled friend, trying to dance while he walks. Arvid was carrying a new swing
record in his hand, and the HJ boys break it, and then beat him in the street. Due to this encounter, Arvid stays on edge around anyone in a Nazi
uniform, therefore creating tension between Thomas, Arvid, and

Characteristics Of Totalitarianism In Swing Kids
During the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Germany was under Nazi control, the party enforced their rules with an iron fist. They ruled with
totalitarianism, because of this, many people were unhappy with what they were doing with their power. An example of these people is the
Swingjugend. They were a group of people that were heavily influenced by western culture, and stood strong against the Nazi ideology. All of this is
shown in the movie Swing Kids directed by Thomas Carter. The movie is focused on a group of teens, sticking with their passion and love for swing,
even though it is banned by the Nazis, due to the fact it is made by westerners that were commonly black or any other race. These were all because of
totalitarianism and how it's characteristics impacted the people. This is why Swing Kids perfectly portrays the characteristics of totalitarianism in Nazi
Germany through the events happening in it.
One characteristic of totalitarianism being shown in the movie is education/indoctrination of the youth. They did this through an organization called
the Hitlerjugend, or commonly referred to in the movie as the HJs. The nazis were brainwashing boys and young men into believing Hitler's
ideology. One example of how this is depicted in the movie is Peter being forced to join the HJ after getting in trouble with the police for stealing a
radio. Once he joined he would then be introduced to the "teachings" of the HJ teachers, with the teachers derogating Jews. This is an example of
education of the youth because young men were strongly encouraged and in Peter's case, forced to join the HJ. Once they joined they were taught
about Hitler's ideas, with them usually bad–mouthing other races or anything that was an influence from America. Another way that education of the
youth was being shown in the movie was when a Jewish boy was being beaten up by a group of HJs. This is an example of education of the youth
because the Hitlerjugend were successfully brainwashing the boys and young men to discriminate and hate Jews. Finally education of the youth is
shown when Thomas and Peter were discussing about the HJ, one interesting point that appeared during their discussion was when Thomas mentioned
all the rewards

Essay swing kids
When three friends are pressured by the government and each other, what choices will they make to strengthen or weaken their friendship? When
people are pressured into things, does the character change? Is it a good or bad way. In the movie "Swing Kids" Peter, Thomas, and Aarvid made
choices that reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their friendship.
Peter is almost the head of there little group, and the choices he makes determines what everyone else thinks and does. For example, Peter is sent
into the HJ's because of his bad behavior and not because he wants to join. He is an individual and does not do what everyone else tells him to do just
like all the rest of his peers...show more content...
Thomas cannot remain loyal to his friends or even his own family who is closer than his friends. This shows that he would rather go with the crowd
than rather trying to be an individual like Peter. In addition, at the end of the Movie Thomas beats up Peter because he was dancing as a Swing Kid. If
Thomas was a true friend he would have just told him to leave and nothing would have happened but he just had to fight him. Thomas joined the HJ
because of Peter but Thomas and Peter thought two different ways and they each went there separate ways also. As soon as Thomas joined the HJ's his
look on everything changed dramatically but Peters look did not change it just made them grow farther apart.
Aarvid is a person who speaks his mind and always tries to persuade people to think what he thinks is true. For example, he did not like that Thomas
and Peter were in the HJ, and could not understand why they were in it. He should have listened to Peter when he told Aarvid that he had to join,
Aarvid still thought that Peter and Thomas wanted to join on there own. He was also closed minded and would not listen to Peter even though he stuck
up for him. In addition, when Aarvid comits suicide he takes an easy way out of things instead of standing up for what he thought was right. Aarvid
should have stood up to the government and told them exactly what he thought. Aarvid, Thomas, and Peter should have tried to stay together even
through

The Swing Essay
y frivolous and fancy to the untrained eye, The Swing by Jean–HonorГ© Fragonard and The Love Of Paris And Helen by Jacques–Louis David are
actually from two wildly different artistic eras; the Fragonard is from the Rococo era (1700–1770) and the David is from the Neoclassical era
(1750–1860). Some characteristics of Rococo–era painting include a focus on love, sensuality and a refined, park–like view of nature; a dramatic shift
from the heavy political and religious themes/imagery of the Baroque era. The Swing demonstrates this by depicting a light, "fluffy" image of a
young woman swinging in what looks to be a park or a garden. There is one guy on either side of her, both as fashionably–attired (for the time at least)
as she is; the guy on the left, while I'm not sure whether or not he is meant to be pushing her, he nevertheless (whether on purpose or not) appears to
be getting a nice view of what's under all of her pink frilly skirts while the guy on the right is more...show more content...
comparison of the King's bad choices and their negative consequences to those of Paris). Unlike the positive side portrayed by a lot of David's
paintings, The Love Of Paris And Helen portrays the negative side of the conflict over duty and between public and private life as well as the
consequences of bad judgement. The thesis of "In The Name Of Rococo" by Nicholas Newman is that rococo is hard to define because it's an
allegory for allegory. In short, even though a painting may look frivolous and fancy, no matter what era it's in, there can actually be a lot more going
on under the surface than you

Swing Kids
Swing Kids
Before and during World War II was a tough time to live in Nazi Germany. The new laws and way of life during this period affected society of all
ages in numerous different ways. New political and social groups were formed both to support and oppose the Nazi and the Gestapo leaders. One of
these groups was known as the Swing Kids who listened to Jewish and black swing music and danced at illegal clubs against the Nazis. The movie,
"Swing Kids", explains this group of teenagers. The movie opens in Hamburg, Germany in the year of 1939. Three best friends are taking a walk and
see gestapo officers chasing a Jewish man until he jumps to his death at a nearby bridge. Although the boys are not necessarily supportive of the...show
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Next, in the movie, the Swing Kids preform in dance in the cafГ© Bismarck. The viewer may be interested in finding out if this had anything to do
with Otto von Bismarck. He was a German Statesman who was one of the main figures of the unification of Germany in 1871. Hitler was also trying
to unify Germany, so it is interesting that he is mentioned. I could not find any information on this cafГ© where the Swing Kids danced and
preformed, so this may be a fiction part of the story.
Also, Sudetenland was mentioned. Germany did take over Sudetenland during this time. Sudetenland was located in Czechoslovakia and was taken
over by the Germans. The Germans took over this area because most of the population was ethnic Germans, and they wanted these Germans back in
Germany. In 1938 the territories of Sudetenland were divided. This fits the time period of the Swing Kids movie that happened in the 1930s.
There are some inaccuracies in the movie "Swing Kids" to keep it appealing to the viewers of today. The characters Peter and Thomas are fiction
characters and their stories are fiction. These were not real Swing Kids who became HJ members; however there were many stories like this. A lot of
the other characters in this movie were also fiction, except a lot of the musicians that were mentioned from the United States and Britain. Another one
of the inaccuracies is the clothing of the Swing Kids. The movie portrays them as not very

The 1993 film, Swing Kids, followed the lives of teenage boys; Peter, Thomas, and Arvid, during the tragic time of WWII. Throughout the movie we
can see examples of a government that takes total centralized control over every aspect of public and private life; this is known as Totalitarianism. In
the film, totalitarianism is portrayed through the characteristics of censorship and propaganda, and total loyalty.
Totalitarian states use censorship and propaganda to control people's thoughts and opinions. In Swing Kids, censorship and propaganda plays a big role
throughout the movie and showed how it affected normal citizens of Germany. An example of censorship in the movie is when the Nazis come into
swing club and the band has to quickly the...show more content...
In the movie Swing Kids, total loyalty is portrayed throughout the movie. In the film, we can see an example of total loyalty when Thomas told on
his dad in the Nazi youth Organization about how his father said: "Hitler was a mad man". After Thomas's had told, his father was taken by the
secret police for questioning. This example portrays Totalitarian because even saying something to your family against about Hitler. The nazis if you
aren't 100 percent loyal, you were to be punished.Going on another example of total loyalty was when we figured out on why Peter's father was
taken to jail. He was taken because his father gave a speech, speaking out against the government and speaking up for the jews. By him speaking out,
this had him taken by the nazis. When he was released by the nazis, he was terribly sick. This portrays totalitarianism because the father wasn't 100
percent with the government, so he was punished. Lastly another example of total loyalty was when, after swing music was forbidden and Peter went
to a swing club. The nazis then came to shut it down, however since swing music was now forbidden, they brought Peter and many other swing kids to
war camps and were forced to join the army. This example portrays totalitarianism because since swing music was forbidden, this meant that the swing
kids went against the government. Then meaning that they were not 100 percent loyal to the government and

Watching Swing Kids Film Analysis
Watching swing kids movie was a window on what was happening in Germany
under Hitler and the Nazis era. In this film it was shown how teenagers rebelled
against the Nazis by adapting modern fashion styles and jazz music. The three
characters Peter, Arvid and Thomas were the focus of how youngster reacted to
Nazism by attending jazz clubs like Bismarck and by protecting youngsters who are
exposed to violence by the Nazis. Peter and Thomas stole a radio that was stolen
from a Jewish family to mend their friendship with Arvid. Both were caught by the
Nazis. Thomas managed to escape while Peter was held captive. Peter was forced
into Nazism in return of keeping him alive by a German Gestapo who was a good
friend of his mother. Thomas decided

In 1993, director Thomas Carter released Swing Kids, a movie following the lives of three rebellious teenagers living in Nazi Germany. The main
characters are Peter Muller who is played by Robert Sean Leonard, Thomas Berger played by Christian Bale, and Arvid played by Frank Whaley. The
PG–13 film was also produced by Harry Benn. The film centers around Peter's family who live in the Third Reich and face constant pressure in their
daily lives to obey Hitler's reign and be active members of the HJ, or Hitler's youth army. The film is colorized and is not based on anynovel. The story
begins in an underground swing dance club where Peter and his friend Thomas are dancing to many of the banned Western hits, their friend Arvid
watches as he...show more content...
In the typical World War II movie, there is a focus on concentration camps in the Holocaust or on a specific battle. By employing the use of
teenagers, it allows the audience to see a perspective of younger person rather than a soldier fighting in the war which is much more relatable to
high school students wishing to learn about history. The director also employs groups of characters that are both static and rounded. Peter and
Thomas undergo significant change as they are faced to question whether they believe the Nazi ideology, whereas Herr Knopp, Arvid, and Emil
are more static as they remain confident in their beliefs and are unwilling to accept other ideas. The story rose to a significant climax where
Thomas and Peter begin fighting with one another and they become virtually enemies, but in the end it is resolved as Thomas is able to see the
brainwashing. Even though the film was created 24 years ago, if it were done today there should not be any significant changes because it
accurately portrays a historical fiction story from the past. Despite the films many weaknesses there is one logical hole of where Arvid kills himself.
It does not seem logical that he would able to die by slitting his wrists with a record. Overall, I would recommend this movie to another student as it
does an excellent job of depicting Nazi Germany in

Swing Kid Research Paper
Swing Kids have come a long way over the years. A few decades ago, they hold fewer seats with a crank on one side. Mother put baby cranky on
their canvas seats, baby swings and caught wind of them and their babies are swinging. Because there is no way to control the swing baby swing in
these early times, many people have babies in the wild

Anti Semitism On Swing Kids And School Ties
Anti–Semitism in "Swing Kids" and "School Ties"
"Anti–Semitism has no historical, political, and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti–Semitism is a disease"– Daniel Barenboim. According to the
"Merriam Webster Dictionary" anti–Semitism is defined as "hatred of Jewish people." Two films were released in the 1990's that deal with different
issues involving anti–Semitism. One titled "Swing Kids" was set in Nazi Germany and tells the story of a group of teenage resisters who rebel by
doing swing dance, but are forced to be involved with the Nazis anyways. The other film is titled"School Ties". This film is set in the United states,
but also deals with issues of anti–Semitism. In the film, "Swing Kids" a group of teens named Peter, Thomas and Arvid rebel against the Nazis by
being swing kids, those that are involved swing music. Swing music was not tolerated by the Nazis in those times therefore making it such rebellious
act. One day Thomas scrapes Arvid's record and as a way to repay him, Thomas decides to steal a radio from a lady who owns a stolen Jewish radio.
Peter and Thomas are both in the midst of stealing the radio when they are caught by German police. Thomas escapes, but Peter is caught, taken away
and forced to join the Hitler Youth. Thomas joins the program alongside Peter but unlike Peter, he succumbs to the propaganda and is brainwashed.
After Thomas continues to make fun and insult Arvid, Arvid lamentably commits suicide. Peter comes to a better grasp of

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