A connection between the book Night and the film Life is Beautiful would be father son relationship. In both pieces the fathers have a great relationship with their son because they look out for each other. In Night Elie and his father would always encourage the other to keep going and keep hope. Also, at the end of the book Elie never left his fathers side, giving him his rations of food, water, or anything else he needed. In Life is Beautiful Guido tells his son, Joshua, that the whole thing was a planned vacation and a game to make sure he doesn't get scared. This shows how much Guido cared for Joshua. Joshua would also listen to what Guido said, showing that Joshua trusted his father even in the most troubling moments.
Life is Beautiful and Night have some scenes that are similar when the people were going to the camp and at the camp. A scene that was similar was the Jews being crammed into small train car. In Night Elie describes the car as, ". In Life is Beautiful you can see Guido and Joshua being loaded in to train car with barely any room left. Another, scene that is similar is the hard labor the prisoners had to go through. In Night Elie explains that he had to carry heavy slabs on his back for a good distance all day. In Life is Beautiful you can see Guido carrying what looked like anvil to incinerators for smelting.
The mood of the movie Life is Beautiful and the book Night is different at the start of the movie. At the start of the movie the mood is very happy and humorous. The mood is like this because of the main character, Guido, who is a very wacky guy. For instance, he continually tries to switch his hat with his bosses. This is very different from the serious mood Night has throughout the book. However, the moods become similar as Guido and his family are put in a concentration camp. In both the movie and book they show the brutish attitude of the German soldiers. They talk about the gas chambers and crematory. This made the mood very serious and dark.
In the film Life is Beautiful life is shown as being beautiful various times. One way life is shown as beautiful is through family/love. While in the concentration camp Guido tells Joshua that the whole place was a game for a tank. He did this to keep him away from the harsh truth, which shows he loves and cares for his son. Guido also sends signs to his wife, Dora, various times. Guido played a song from a opera they were at and also spoke over the loud speaker to her.
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