Religion 11 Essay Three hopeful themes in both Night,written by Elie Wiesel, and Life is Beautiful,written by Roberto Benigni, are bravery, the importance of family, and the use of lying to create hope. These three themes are seen often throughout the book and movie, especially in times of despair. Both book and movie take place during the Holocaust and center around a father and son attempting to survive. Bravery is often seen because bravery was needed to survive. If either of the main characters, Eliezer and Guido, were not brave they would not have survived the holocaust to the end. Sadly at the end of Life is Beautiful, Guido was murdered by a Nazi. His death displayed his bravery though because he was only murdered because he snuck his son, Giosue, out to try and get him to safety. Even in the beginning of the movie he showed bravery by going
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In both Night and Life is Beautiful, the struggle of the Holocaust is shown through a father and son. In Night, Eliezer and his father are surviving together while in Life is Beautiful, Guido and Giosue are together also. In a lot of the scenes we seeing how strong the bond of family is. In Night, Eliezer gave up guaranteed warmth and guaranteed extra food when he chose to stick by his father and attempt to nurse him back to health. He easily could’ve left his father to do by taking his clothes for extra warmth or getting food by stealing his rations. In Life is Beautiful, a really powerful scene is when Guido gets back to the barracks after a long day of work and while all he wants to do his eat and sleep, he gives up his ration of food for his son and stays up to continue their “game”. Another time we see how strong the bond of family is, even though it doesn’t involve a father-son bond, is when Guido’s wife and Giosue’s mother gives up her freedom so she can experience the Holocaust with her family and not be separated from
In both Night and Life is Beautiful, the struggle of the Holocaust is shown through a father and son. In Night, Eliezer and his father are surviving together while in Life is Beautiful, Guido and Giosue are together also. In a lot of the scenes we seeing how strong the bond of family is. In Night, Eliezer gave up guaranteed warmth and guaranteed extra food when he chose to stick by his father and attempt to nurse him back to health. He easily could’ve left his father to do by taking his clothes for extra warmth or getting food by stealing his rations. In Life is Beautiful, a really powerful scene is when Guido gets back to the barracks after a long day of work and while all he wants to do his eat and sleep, he gives up his ration of food for his son and stays up to continue their “game”. Another time we see how strong the bond of family is, even though it doesn’t involve a father-son bond, is when Guido’s wife and Giosue’s mother gives up her freedom so she can experience the Holocaust with her family and not be separated from