Life is Beautiful Comparison: Week of 4/13/15

The book, Night, and the movie, Life is Beautiful, share many similarities. The main one, I believe, is the father and son bond that is shown throughout both sources. Even though these two things have this in common, they also differ in some ways. Night shows how the Holocaust can make someone lose that precious bond between father and son. When Elie's father dies he thinks, "Free at last!" (Wiesel). This shows that Wiesel saw his father as just another thing to worry about. On the other hand, Life is Beautiful, focuses more on the strength of a father and son bond. There is not one part that demonstrates this; it's the whole movie. Guido creates this lie just to make sure his son keeps his innocence. I say that's the father of the year, right there. 

The mood in Night, and Life is Beautiful differ from each other substantial way. Night focuses on the many of the negative things on the Holocaust like the deaths and dangers. I'm not saying that there's a positive side of the Holocaust, but Life is Beautiful, focuses more on the father and son bond than anything else. With Guido's personality the movie was actually funny. This was interesting because funny and the Holocaust isn't something that should be used in the same sentence. I thought it was a interesting take on the holocaust. I never thought anything was funny in Night, so I feel like this is a major difference. 

I believe that you could say life was beautiful thoughtout most of the movie. At the beginning, life was gorgeous; it couldn't have been better. In fact, the first 30 - 40 minutes was just a sappy love story. When the main characters were sent to the concentration camp, life began to become more gloomy for most. I say most because I believe Joshua still viewed life as beautiful. I only think this because he did not know the truth about things. At the end, life became beautiful once again. Even though Guido died, he succeed with his goal of having his son keep his innocence. Plus, when Joshua and Dora reunit, life couldn't have been better.