Escape from Sobibor
Focus Question #1
In the film Escape from Sobibor, many useful character traits were apparent in the survival of the prisoners. To survive in Sobibor, one must be courageous, patient, and they must persevere when things get hard. These are a few of the characteristics that helped the prisoners to escape and survive the torturous death camp.
In order to stay alive and escape, the prisoners had to be courageous, as they were forced to work if they had skills and could be killed if they did not perform or displeased a guard. Courage was needed in a place where only death and hatred existed and where cruel punishments were common. Leon was a perfect example of having courage, because he planned and organized the escape which, if he had been caught, would have surely gained him a death sentence. This was a courageous act that helped not only him, but others as well.