Between the movie, "Life is Beautiful" and the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many similarities. One of the similarities is that both the book and the movie was taken place during the World War II, and both portrayed life in the a concentration camp. In the movie, the 3 main characters in the movie are named Guido, Joshua, and Dora. Guido is an Italian-Jewish man who marries an Italian-Catholic woman named Dora. Joshua and Dora have a child named Joshua. Further into the movie, Guido, Joshua, Dora, and Guido's uncle Leo get sent to a concentration camp. Dora wanted to be with Guido and Joshua, when she had the chance of staying where she already was. Now, this part of the movie is in relation to the book we've read. Elie and his family are sent to a concentration camp. You've now learned that one similarity is that both families from both the movie and the book has been sent to a concentration camp.
Another similarity is the father and son bond that Guido and Joshua share, and the bond that Elie and his father Shlomo share. Both father and son from both book and movie care for each other so much. They each feed each other food and give each other the love and care they need for their current event. Both fathers and sons get seperated from their mother/wife.
The difference between the book and the movie is the mood/tone. In the beginning of the movie, it was all about humor. Guido was funny in the beginning. The way Guido tried to impress Dora, trying to win her heart was made with humor. Although, throughout the end, there were only humorous moments of the movie, but mostly everything in the end was more of a serious mood/tone. In the book, the whole book was considered serious. Throughout the entire book, I couldn't recall when there was ever a humorous part. There was no jokes aside, no innuendos. It was all serious, and everything was real, and an autobiographic book. Unlike the movie, the book was written by a person who had experienced concentration camps and what it was like.
Life was shown beautiful by the movie in many ways. Life was shown beautiful in the movie because when there was a very serious and a non-forgettable event, Guido made the most out of it for his son, Joshua. Guido turned nearly every serious thing into something funny just for the sake of Joshua. Guido made sure that there was no bad thought of the camp for Joshua. That part of the movie portrayed how you can make the best out of the worst. Another example as to how the movie portrayed that life was beautiful was to chase after someone you love. If you know that they're worth fighting for, chase after that person. In the beginning of the movie, Guido went after Dora, trying to get her attention. Guido never gave up on trying to get at Dora. This taught me that if you love someone so much, never give up on them. Despite your doubts and despite your imperfections in which may seem like that's a blocker, ignore those and chase after that person you love.
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