Life+is+Beautiful+-+Theme+Teased+out+-+Y12

This is the work we did on the board in class. We generated a huge amount of notes whilst we discussed what we thought this film was really about.

The initial idea; the big statement is in BLACK . From there we moved on to expand the idea and to do this we used  BLUE . Finally we used RED  to show all the evidence from the film we could collate.

This is a way to also breakdown your paragraphs in your essays. Think of  BLACK as the topic/lead sentence, BLUE  as the explanation and RED  as the example/evidence.

 ** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> FAMILY  ** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Devotion to a family. The desperation of wanting to protect family when you have no power. <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">A man goes out of his way to protect his sons’ innocence. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(Explaining to Joshua why they can’t go into the store to buy Dora a cake. There’s a sign on the windows saying “No Jews or Dogs”.) <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Guido doesn’t want Joshua to realised that he is viewed as a second class citizen, just. He wants him to believe that there is nothing in the segregation really. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(The conversation about Visigoths and spiders.) <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Others have been slowly taking Guido’s power away from him until now he is finally hauled away from his home with his son and Uncle, locked up and completely dictated to. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(Guido’s freedom, rights, integrity and his ability to make choices for himself and family goes against all that makes him a provider and protector. He is frustrated early on when Rodolfo want stay behind to sign the papers he needs for his bookstore.) <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Guido is prepared to risk his life for his family. He’d do anything for them. This =’s unconditional love. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">(The talking over the loud speaker and playing Offenbach at the Nazi dinner.) <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Guido does these things for a couple of reasons. He is trying to maintain a sense of normal lacy for both Dora and Joshua. He is also trying to give Dora hope; she knows that they are safe if she gets messages.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Life is Beautiful

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Y12 - 'English-tastic'