Holocaust Unit: Key Questions and "Life is Beautiful"

1. A tragedy is an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, like a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe
2. The movie Life is Beautiful is a tragedy because it depicts a portion of a families life were they are put in a situation that causes them great suffering and distress.
3. Life is Beautiful could also been seen as a comedy because the director has made the story line in a humorous as well as tragic way.
4. A villain is a person guilty or capable of a crime. Hitler would be a perfect example of a villian as he is today seen by many to be the most evil man that ever lived also a fictional character called "magneto" in the X-men series could be seen as a villain as he tries to concur the world. A hero is a person who is admired for courage or noble qualities. Superman is a hero to many as he stood up and protected the world from all evils, and Martin luther king who stood up for his beiliefs and dreams for multi-cultural world despite who stood . A victim is a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action, Victims of natural disaster.
5. In the movie Life is Beautiful the Germans could be seen as the villains. The victims were the Jewish people of the time. The heroes were could be either the Americans who were seen in the end of the movie rescuing the jewish people from the camps they were in.
6. Guido plays one of the important roles, since its about him and his son Joshua who get taken to a concentration camp. The movie is based on there survival and Guido lying to his son to keep him safe and not to make him worry about if he is seen, he will be killed. Joshua and Dora, who are the son and wife of Guido, are the other main characters. The story is based on Joshua's story about how his father lied to him to make believe its just a game and in the end, died for keeping his son safe, and trying to find his wife and keep her safe.