riting it rather than the degree of literal truth. By this standard, he concludes, Schindler's List is a novel. Michael Hulse replies to this:
This strikes me as being irrelevant to the point of silliness. Literary art may well blaze in the language, but this still doesn't make Schindler's Ark fiction (Hulse 47).
Under its original title of Schindler's Ark, the book had a distinctly and intentionally biblical reference point. The book presents an Oskar Schindler who is somewhat different from the portrayal in the film. The Schindler in the film is more the suave man of the world, the businessman always in charge and always capable. In the novel, Oskar is presented more as a child of nature, with a residue of innocence. He is not a simpleton, but is rather a kind of peasant with a cunning nature (Hollington 43). Peter Kemp sees the same underlying innocence but also see
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