Night and Life is beautiful comparison

         The book Night and the movie Life is beautiful both talk about Jewish people having to deal with the Holocaust. Elie in Night on page 28 were Elie says "We had arrived. In Birkenau" Birkenau was a concentration camp were hundreds of thousands of people were systematically killed. In the movie Guido and his family arrive to a concentration camp were they are forced to do hard labor. In both the movie and the book the characters try to find a way to cope with the fact that they are being killed. 

         The book Night and the movie Life is Beautiful have s major difference that affects the tone of the book. The major difference is that the book is a very dark story with much death and the movie has humor while still having some serious moment. In the movie Guido is trying to open up a book story and he accidentally drops a flower pot on a man's head and he wobbles in comedic fashion. Since humor happens throughout the film the tone of the movie feels upbeat and fun even when they are in the concetration camp.  While in the book many people are killed in the book Elie talks about three Jewish prisoners being hanged. "But the third rope was still moving the child,too light, was still breathing... And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death..." This is on page 65 which is a very descriptive way to show the death of a young child which was slow and painful. By describing the horrible death it shows a mood that is sad and unbearable as death is horrible, but it is even worse when it is of a young child. 

          Both the book and the movie have another similarity as both main character have a family member that they use as a reasons to keep going. In the movie Guido has his son and his wife which he does not know whether or not she is alive. Guido only tries to continue with the hard work so that his son will not be discovered and as he is even willing to give up his life to accomplish this. In the book Elie uses his father as the reason he continue to try to life. On page 73 Elie writes "So? Did you pass? Yes. And you? " "We were able to breathe again." Which shows that they need each other to the point were their existence revolves are each other. Since they knew that their other family would not life.

        A major difference between the two characters is that Elie from the book Night has not had time to develop his live and has not experienced the major points in ones life. While Guido has a wife and has a child were his life is mostly fulfilled. Throughout the first two acts Guido is getting and fulfilling the major life points such as marriage and having children. In the book Night Elie says that he is fifteen which is a young age and he has never gotten married or had children. Elie  assures this by saying on page 30 "I'm fifteen."  Which shows you how old he was and that he had not yet married or had a child.

            Throughout the movie Life Is Beauitful there are many moments that show that life is Beauitful. One of these moments is when Guido is able to create a family, as most people want to start a family which only a few species can do. Being able to know that you have a child can be beauitful part of 

Life.  Another moment in the movie that shows that life is beauitful is when Guido sacrifice himself to save his child as he wants more than anything for his child to survive. By doing this he knows that his life is more than just him thinking of himself. Which is one of the greatest things that someone can do knowing that their live has helped others is great.