Point Of View: Family Worth The Sacrifice

I say this because while Guido and his family are in the concentration camp, they are separated from one another. Guido and Joshua stay together and Guido’s uncle and Dora get separated. This is what happened in real life because in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Eliezer and his father are separated from his Mother and Sisters. Also in the film, it is shown that the children are executed without hesitation. Again in Night by Elie Wiesel, Eliezer and his father see some babies that are being burned alive by the Nazis. “I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .” This was a quote from the memoir. The film is also useful in showing the severity of the Holocaust when it shows the death of Guido and the cruelty of the Nazis. In Night, Eliezer and his father see a child being hanged. In the movie, the cruelty of the Nazis is also shown when Guido is killed. With all these reasons and the comedic effect the film has I believe that the film would be a good fit for showing younger viewers the horrors of the

Joshua's father is doing the right thing by using his comedic genius to trick his son into believing the concentration camp is just a game. His action is justified by him being a good parent and putting his child before himself. Even though Guido unfortunately dies right before the concentration camp is shut down, he has saved his son. He keeps his son's head up through the entire ordeal and when he becomes older and mature he realizes what enormous sacrifices his father made for him. Joshua grows from the experience realizing what a great man his father is and how he is able to make it through the horrific event alive.

First, Guido continually responds to the particular situations that present themselves, and this explains why this is not, strictly speaking, a film about the Holocaust. A good example of this continued responsiveness is Guido’s incredibly quick “translation” of the German officer’s rules to adapt to the story he has invented for his son. Guido does not know German. But, for the sake of the story of the game, he comes forward to translate into Italian the Nazi guard’s German instructions.

Guido demonstrates the first quality, inherent thoughtfulness and emotionality, when he first arrives at the Nazi Concentration Camp after him and his son were taken from their home in Northern Italy by local German officials. Guido is playing against his own emotions by setting aside all his personal worries and doubts to do everything possible to be sure his son stays positive. Even though he realizes that he just lost the chance to say goodbye to his wife, Dora, and what his son is about to experience, he still plays the role of a sanguine character. When Guido played against his own emotions it showed the audience what Guido mentally and emotionally would be willing to put himself through to protect his family and dignity as a Jew. As a father, and the greatest role model his son will ever have, Guido protected his son from the dangerous world that he knew was up ahead. This environment found in the Concentration Camp is something that no young child should ever have to endure at such a young age. Guido realizes that once his son becomes infected with this negative

The Raisin in the Sun is a movie about a colored family who is trying to make it. There are five family members who all live in the same small two bedroom apartment. They all know that things are about to change because they know that Mama Younger is about to get a 10,000 check from where her husband had passed away recently. Each family member have their own dreams about what they want to do with the money, but they just don’t want to ask Mama if they could use it for their dreams, especially Walter Lee; her son. Right before Mama gets the check in the mail, the whole family gets surprised by some news from Ruth, who is Walter Lee’s wife. Ruth ends up finding out that she is pregnant, and that she wants to get rid of the baby because she

Eliezer thought about giving up and dying countless times, however, he realizes that if he did, his father would also give up so he had no choice but to keep going (Wiesel 30). He notices that his father is doing his best to keep him alive and be there for him. They become each other’s support, and it keeps them going. During the Ramadan, Elie’s father even forbade him to fast, so he would not die of hunger, since he was already weak due to lack of proper food. The same way, Joshua survived thanks to his father’s support and protection and Guido did all he could to survive so he can be there for Joshua (Benigni 1997). Guido did everything he has to feed and take care of Joshua. Since he has to take care of Joshua makes him take care of himself so he does not die without achieving his goal; Joshua becomes his motivation and strength and he become Joshua’s motivation. Although the two works have many themes in common, they do not treat

Although both Night and "Life is Beautiful" are centered on the tragic journey of a father and son, the dynamic of each relationship alters the lens through which the story is interpreted. Guido shields Joshua from the horrors of concentration camp life whereas Eliezer and his father support one another in a symbiotic union. For example, Elie resists the seductive pull of death on the evacuation from Birkenau out of obligation to his father (Wiesel, 2006). Eliezer bears the onus of choosing the hardships of life over the sweet aroma of eternal rest in refusal to abandon his father amidst the horrors of the camp. Alternatively, Guido in "Life is Beautiful" goes to great efforts to ensure that Joshua is never forced to shoulder the weight

However, in Life Is Beautiful the tone could not be more different. Before the Holocaust happens, Guido is a very happy man always talking loud and expressing himself with no regret complementing people wherever he goes. When the first discrimination happens against him he simply makes a joke out of it and tells his son, Joshua, that everything is okay. When they are finally taken away, Guido comes up with the idea that this is just a game. While being forced on the train, he shouts the happiness he has

Both Life is Beautiful and Maus show that the people with skills survived longer than those without skills. Before the war Vladek previously ran a textile factory in Poland. When he arrived at Auschwitz he knew that to survive he was going to have to acquire special skills. While Vladek was in Auschwitz he learned the art of tin working and he used his previous knowledge of shoe repairing to get on the good side of the Kapo’s. Also Vladek knew english and taught a guard english so that he could help himself and to try to move Anja from Birkenau to Auschwitz. In comparison Guido didn’t befriend any guards but he used his sense of humor to keep his son, Joshua alive. Upon arrival at the camp Guido explained to his son that they were in a competition to 1000 points. He asked what the prize was and Guido said that first prize was a huge tank. Later in the movie Joshua slipped up and said “Graci” which is Italian for thank you during a german dinner party. Guido saved Joshua’s life by acting like he was teaching all the kids at the dinner Italian. Guido uses his playful actions to stay alive until the very end when he goes out to try and save his wife. While he is out looking for his wife the guards capture him. Even when he is captured he jokingly marches around because his son is watching. Guido ends up paying the ultimate price for his actions but

It is very clear by the action the boy commits, that he values his life more than anything and he along with the other children will go to extreme measures to survive. This makes the viewers witness the apocryphal horrors everyone went through to survive during the holocaust. This scene stands out more than the other scenes because it shows how the children know the value of their life and the measures the children would go through to keep their life. At the end of the movie, the viewers see the actor of the scene and the male who made the choice. This shows that the choice the boy made in the scene impacted his life for the

Each obstacle the father faced as a prisoner was translated into a situation that was part of the game. In the buttons and soap scene, Giosue asks his father if the rumor that people were made out of buttons and soap was true. Guido briefly paused before he answered in the most positive way possible. He replied that the other “players” are trying to manipulate him with false information. Guido’s face was well lit in a medium shot when he responded to capture optimism in his body language. Guido decided to preserve Giosue’s innocence by altering the negative comments heard in the concentration camp. Guido knew if he told his son the truth about everything it would not only traumatize him, but scare him to do something idiotic; such as attempting to

WWII and the Holocaust is a time of horror for many jewish people across Europe, families were separated into concentration camps where they were treated like nothing. The tragic event resulted in many deaths. The novel, The Diary of a Young Girl translated by Mooyaart-Doubleday and the movie, Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni, explains the story of two different people and their experiences through the Holocaust. In her diary, Anne Frank explains her experience of hiding from the Holocaust. In the movie, it explains Guido´s experience of the Holocaust and how he had to protect his son during the event. Throughout their experiences, Anne and Guido have many differences and similarities. In both the book and the movie, Anne and Guido demonstrate their similarities in how they are nervous, how they comfort someone and how they both have hope. Although they are very similar, Anne and Guido have differences as well. For example, their personalities are different, their opinions are different, and their experience during the Holocaust is different. The Holocaust is a painful experience for people across the country including Anne and Guido.

In the film, Guido is a Christ figure to his son. During their imprisonment in the concentration camp, Guido explains things to his son in a way that shelters his son from the reality of what is happening. Guido loves his son and he protects his

What is a family? What parts make up a family? These two questions are questions that millions of adults and children ask themselves regularly. When people think about a family in their head they think of a nuclear family. Where you have a Mom, Dad, and a few kids running around a home in the middle of a suburban wasteland. That is the nuclear family that I feel most modern families strive to be like. But factors can change within a family and still be a family. I do not believe that a family is strictly based off what people see from the front porch looking in. A family is about the everlasting bond that is formed between a group of people whether they are related by blood or by other means. A family is a group of people who stick together during hard times and good times, they laugh together and they cry together. They eat meals together, party together, are weaved together in life. They are like a strip of palm leaves, and when you weave a bunch of them together it makes a basket, that is a family. The people that someone can call at two in the morning on a Wednesday just because they can’t sleep. The ones who would sacrifice anything to help them. The bond can never be broken because the word “family” holds them together like glue to wallpaper.