In the movie, Life is Beautiful, written and directed by, Roberto Benigni, we see a story about a boy and his father dealing with life during World War two (WWII). The story starts off with a young man named Guido who falls in love with a young woman by the name of Dora. The beginning of the movie is a classic love story about a young poor boy meeting a rich girl and they ride off into the sunset together. Even though us, the viewers, know that something worse is in store for the characters, we all feel how normal they are. The intro to the plot was laid out perfectly when we deal with a worldwide issue like racism.
We see just how normal the Jewish characters are in the beginning even though all of Jewish kind was looked down upon throughout …show more content…
WWII was more than just Germans killing Jews kind but it is a huge part of it. Germans thought they were apart of a master race and anyone that wasn't aryan should die. This prejudice against Jews quickly into racism in Germany. When we think of genocide the main thing we think of (for most of us) is Germany. In Germany, less than 100 years ago, some six million plus Jewish people were raped, burned, gasses, shot and experimented on based on what started out as German prejudice that Jews caused their unhappiness after WWI. As we saw in the movie, Jews are no different than the rest of us no matter what skin color: White; Black; Asian; Hispanic. German, Italian and Japanese ethnocentrism became very dangerous in WWII when these countries decided to act upon their preconceptions. We are all the same when it comes down to the body. I heard a lot throughout the movie about the “superior race” like there was a certain skin color that dominated the next. As we saw in the movie, this isn't true. However, this doesn't mean that we don't do it by …show more content…
I feel like I am in certain situations because I learned is without even knowing that I did. I try my best to not be though. I really try to look at everyone equally no matter what it is: race; religion; or gender. I try to live by everyone is equal but I know I dont always. An example of me being ethnocentric is when I see a wealthy white person I automatically assume they are Trump supporters and I get annoyed and defensive very quickly when they talk. I know that this is wrong though and I try to stop because it's no better that what we saw in the movie. Racism affects everyone differently, some people tend to take it better than others but one thing is for certain, racism still to this day affects our society. Although it's not as extreme as what we saw in the movie, racism plays a very big part in today's world. People everyday are called names, looked down upon, judged and beaten just because of their skin color. We need to all learn from history and forgive and forget if the world will ever become a better
We see just how normal the Jewish characters are in the beginning even though all of Jewish kind was looked down upon throughout …show more content…
WWII was more than just Germans killing Jews kind but it is a huge part of it. Germans thought they were apart of a master race and anyone that wasn't aryan should die. This prejudice against Jews quickly into racism in Germany. When we think of genocide the main thing we think of (for most of us) is Germany. In Germany, less than 100 years ago, some six million plus Jewish people were raped, burned, gasses, shot and experimented on based on what started out as German prejudice that Jews caused their unhappiness after WWI. As we saw in the movie, Jews are no different than the rest of us no matter what skin color: White; Black; Asian; Hispanic. German, Italian and Japanese ethnocentrism became very dangerous in WWII when these countries decided to act upon their preconceptions. We are all the same when it comes down to the body. I heard a lot throughout the movie about the “superior race” like there was a certain skin color that dominated the next. As we saw in the movie, this isn't true. However, this doesn't mean that we don't do it by …show more content…
I feel like I am in certain situations because I learned is without even knowing that I did. I try my best to not be though. I really try to look at everyone equally no matter what it is: race; religion; or gender. I try to live by everyone is equal but I know I dont always. An example of me being ethnocentric is when I see a wealthy white person I automatically assume they are Trump supporters and I get annoyed and defensive very quickly when they talk. I know that this is wrong though and I try to stop because it's no better that what we saw in the movie. Racism affects everyone differently, some people tend to take it better than others but one thing is for certain, racism still to this day affects our society. Although it's not as extreme as what we saw in the movie, racism plays a very big part in today's world. People everyday are called names, looked down upon, judged and beaten just because of their skin color. We need to all learn from history and forgive and forget if the world will ever become a better