Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful and Night had similar events like, the men and women were separated. The rules were explained to the men. The men went straight to work. Also, no food was served, no drinks. The women were sent to their side and they had to get the clothes. They basically had to clean. The men and women, whether friends, family, or anything. They couldn't see each other.

The differences were that the movie was based on Italian Jews while the book had German Jews. In the movie, Guido was married to Dora, a German. She sacrificed her place as a German to be with her small family. In the book, Wiesel had no choice. His family didn't have choice because they were all Jewish. In the movie, Guido had taken his son with him into the camp, to be with him. While in the book, women and children had to be together to be killed instantly, looked as “useless.”  In the movie, no one lied about their age. In the book, Wiesel had to lie in order to survive. In the movie, Guido had to lie to his son, Giosué, in order for him to not be scared as to what may happen to them.

The similarity between the mood and tone of both, book and movie is that it gives off sorrow. It is truly heartbreaking to see and read. The tone of the book was so sharp. The book had real experiences, of course it wouldn’t have any humor, for it was serious. The tone of the movie was completely different. Guido had so much humor just for his son. He kept going so his son can see that nothing had changed. He also still had love. He did not give up on that for he still had determination to find his wife. The different point of view in characters creates suspense in the book because Wiesel isn't a character. He’s a real person. He had actually experienced it. In the book it had humor because that's how the character is portrayed. Guido had to be humorous in the case of his son and himself. In order for him to not lose himself in the process. Guido was always humorous with himself, his wife, and son. Their family was very happy.

Life is shown as beautiful throughout the movie because even though they're going through the Holocaust, they still have hope and love within themselves. Guido risked getting caught to let his wife know that he is alive and so is their son. It was truly beautiful. Love is shown even when there is sorrow in the world. Guido’s love for his son and his wife, Dora, helped him to go with such happiness in his heart. He risked his own life, he had his own life taken away to save his son.