Similarities Between Night And Benigini

Life is full of experiences ranging from beautiful to horrifying and very few people chose to tell their story. In past historical events hell has broken loose, described by author Elie Wiesel and director Robert Benigini who tell the occurrences of the Holocaust through different types of work. Wiesel focuses on the hardships Jewish citizens encountered in his autobiographical novel Night, whereas Benigini tells a more optimistic point of view in his original motion picture Life is Beautiful. Although films give a fascinating visual, Wiesel’s novel best portrays the eye-opening devastation of events that occurred in the 1940s. Each piece of work showcases similarities in suffering and fatigue, but each endeavour takes an alternative route

of discussing the Holocaust.
As many similarities were shown multiple differences were also featured in Life is Beautiful and Night. Wiesel’s autobiography unmasked the misfortune the Jewish people faced and carried out a pessimistic outlook on life itself. Through Night the audience was able to understand the thoughts and feelings of a Jew whereas in Life is Beautiful the only context provided was the English translation from Italian on the bottom of the screen. In Life is Beautiful Guido, the father, is captured by the German S.S. in the concentration camp and is killed off because he did not abide by the rules. In Night Eliezer’s father deceased due to overwhelming sicknesses and uncontrollable fatigue. Additionally Benigini keeps the concept of movie magic alive and takes an optimistic route on the events of the Holocaust. Father Guido continues to keep the realism of an adventurous childhood in his son Joshua’s mind so growing up he would consider his father a hero. On the other hand, Wiesel conveys the 1940s as atrocious and appalling, and makes a point that the human race has a negative side. Given these points each work of art has its pros and cons, but it is difficult to compare apples and oranges.