Life is Beautiful: Response

Engaging:

• Guido makes the movie feel less like a dark and depressing tragedy movie 
• The audience grows a powerful connection towards Joshua because of his innocence of being a young boy and Guido because of his courage throughout the movie to protect Joshua
• Having Joshua in the movie ads an innocence to the movie
• Dora has so much compassion that she goes to the concentration camp just to be with her family

Unique:

• Although the movie is suppose to be a tragedy there is an element of comedy throughout the movie
• There is a love story at the beginning of the movie with Guido and Dora
• We are watching the movie from a Jewish perspective
• There is dramatic irony in the movie as the viewer has more knowledge than Joshua
• Guido doesn't take things seriously and takes people with a lot of respect

Guido and Joshua, in "Life is Beautiful" represent an engaging and unique representation of the Holocaust experience by do many things that would usually not have been used in a Holocaust or tragedy movie. 

The innocence that is portrayed by Joshua and more or less Guido helps you grow a powerful and strong connection with the characters that is unique to a tragedy type of movie. Because of Joshua's innocence throughout the movie and Guido's efforts to try and keep him blinded makes this movie even more of a tragedy.

This movie is classified as a tragedy but throughout the movie there are elements of comedy which lighten the movies darkness and sadness. It helps the viewer take a "breather" from the movie and relax and have a laugh with Guido and the characters having slapstick comedy. This is unique in the fact that tragedies are just that, they are tragedies and do not have any other elements to them especially comedy.