Life is Beautiful
Based on the Holocaust literature and poetry we have read I saw some connections between life is Beautiful and our reading from the book Night. First of all, in both stories there was a family who was captured and taken to the concentration camp. ( Elie and his family as well as Guido and his family.) Once both families were taken to the camps they were separated. The males and females went separate ways. leaving Elie with his father and Guido with his son Joshua.
In the end from both Night and Life is Beautiful Elie and Joshua survived the Holocaust and were freed by the Russians. They both had lost their father in the end. Which was very sad because they were so close to their freedom. But I guess some sacrifices had to be done in order for Elie and Joshua to survive. Both the book Night and the film Life is beautiful showed strong characters who didn't give up. Elie didn't give up nor did Joshua's father. They gave it their best until their last breathe. Which showed the audience that they should stay strong at all times and not give up.
Ortho I really didn't expect Guido, one of the main characters to die in the film. Since he is one of the main characters in the film I never expected for him to get killed. When he turned the corner in the concentration camp and the Nazi shot Guido I was surprised. But I wasn't sad because I thought that Guido had been shot on the shoulder or leg or side and had faked his death. (Pretended to be dead). That once the Nazis fled with the others that Guido would get up and go for his son. But it never happened. It just showed Joshua and his mother Dora together again in the end. At least Josh was united with his mother again.
Something that was different from the book Night and the film was that the book didn't show humor. The book was more serious and sad than the film. In the book it shows from the start how the Nazis started to take over little by little in different areas. While in the film it shows the people having fun and living their life in a peaceful and happy way. Even when Guido and his family got cent to the concentration camp the humor didn't die. Guide kept a positive attitude and kept his son happy and safe.
Ortho I really didn't expect Guido, one of the main characters to die in the film. Since he is one of the main characters in the film I never expected for him to get killed. When he turned the corner in the concentration camp and the Nazi shot Guido I was surprised. But I wasn't sad because I thought that Guido had been shot on the shoulder or leg or side and had faked his death. (Pretended to be dead). That once the Nazis fled with the others that Guido would get up and go for his son. But it never happened. It just showed Joshua and his mother Dora together again in the end. At least Josh was united with his mother again.
Something that was different from the book Night and the film was that the book didn't show humor. The book was more serious and sad than the film. In the book it shows from the start how the Nazis started to take over little by little in different areas. While in the film it shows the people having fun and living their life in a peaceful and happy way. Even when Guido and his family got cent to the concentration camp the humor didn't die. Guide kept a positive attitude and kept his son happy and safe.
Something that is similar about the mood was that in the begging of the lessons and movie it showed the audience the happy side of the Jewish people. Of when they were together and were treated like actual people. Before they got their rights taken away and they went go through a living hell. As well as the tone of the characters of the book Night and life is Beautiful was cheerful and full of hope in the begging. But still kept the main characters strong as the time went by.
Life is shown as beautiful throughout the film because Guido always found a way to make the people around him/his son smile and forget about the bad things. He kept a positive mood and told his son that it was a game and that he needed to hide and stay quiet in order to win a tank. Which was a good way to save his son's life even though Guido didn't survive. The other way the movie shows humor is by having Guido be silly with others to make them smile as well. To make them happy again and have a better day. Or at least for most aside from the guy that kept getting his hat taken away and future wife away by Guido.
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