Life is beautiful

     The similarities between Life is Beautiful and Night were the father - son relationship. For example in the movie the son never leaves the father's side even when he is working sometimes, he left him in the barracks to hide other times he tells his son to hide somewhere else so that they couldn't find him. Another similarity that the book and movie have is that the father dies. In the movie he tried to go see his wife and they caught him once they caught him the took him somewhere secret so that they couldn't see and they shot him. In the book Elie's father dies of a disease that he had and nobody was there except for Elie and the candles that lit up for his father in memory of him.

     The differences between Life is Beautiful and Night was that once the family got to the concentration camp the father told his son that is was all a game, and who ever has the most point wins. The son didn't fall for it at first, but then his dad said if they win they get a tank. Then his son looked very suprized, but his dad told him that he had to hide in order to get the points. If the SS officers couldn't find him then his dad said he will get the points. In the book it wasn't a game everything was real Elie and his father actually had to work they didn't get any points. Another thing that I think is different is that when the family arrives at the concentration camp and they go to their barracks the SS officers walk in and they wanted someone to translate German so the father stood up and explained the whole game to his son, so that he could believe that is was real. In the book I think once they got to the concentration camp they just started working.

     The suspense and humor in the movie was when the father couldn't find his son. In the movie the Guido just got back from work in the concentration camp and he came to check up on his son. He called his name a lot of times and he couldn't find him. Then he started asking the people in the barracks if they have seen him they all said no the father got really scared then he saw his son on top of the bunk bed he was very relieved to see his son and everybody in my class while we were watching the movie were gasping. A humorous thing that happened in the movie was when he went to the orchestra to see his wife, but she was paying attention to the music and she couldn't see him. So   Guido started moving his finger and saying, "Come to me princess look at him princess please." Then the lady stared at him and Guido said, "I can only hear from my left ear." The lady turned away and he did the same things with his fingers it was very funny to watch.

     The beautiful parts of Life is Beautiful was when Guido was looking for his wife and he couldn't find her because there was so many woman in carts. Once he couldn't find her he got caught by an SS officer and they shot him. In the book Elie's father wasn't looking for his wife because in the book it said that they only saw his mother and sister one time before they went to the concentration camp. Another thing that was beautiful in the movie was that he really loved him family. He never let his son go and he told his son were to hide so that they couldn't find him. This shows that he really loves his son very much. In the book Elie loved his father very much and I know he was devastated when his father past away. Those are some of the parts that I think were beautiful in the movie.