Life+is+Beautiful+-+Breaking+down+of+character+-+Y12

In class we worked around the classroom discussing questions posed about Guido and Dora primarily. All the ideas were collated and the answers generated were sorted into notes.

Here they are... **__How does Dora feel about Rodolfo?__** She is bored of him and what they do together. She has known him all of her life, nothing is unexpected and exciting. She doesn't feel happy around him, there isn't a spark when she's with him. Dora feels annoyed by Rodolfo. Frustrated that he doesn't give her anything. He doesn't listen to her, he goes against her wishes, does what he wants to do. She says that it takes very little to make her happy. She wants to walk along the beach, have ice cream.. She was also a little repulsed by him. She is shocked when he talks about the maths problem with no concern for human lives they are discussing. She is not in love with him. We see this by the way she acts/her expression and her body language around him. Although Roldolfo and Dora are engaged. Dora does not want to be married to him. She does not believe in having a separate race like he does. She gets hiccups when she doesn't want to do something and she gets hiccups around him. She feels isolated, he is a forceful man. They are expected to marry, both brought up in wealthy families.

__**How does Guido make Dora feel?**__ · She feels intrigued. · Dumstruck and giggly. Guido always sweeps her off her feet. She feels loved and wanted. · Astonished. · Special, like a princess. · He treats her the way that Rodolfo doesn’t. · She feels stunned and happy whenever he is around. · Guido keeps Dora on edge. · Guido will always be there for Dora. · Guido makes Dora feel unique. · Gives her butterflies. · She is always left wondering about him. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· She feels alive, she gets that spark whenever she is around him. She loves how he is full of surprises. Leaves her stunned and speechless. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· She feels like a child. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· Guido is spontanious, he allows her to be herself. Always kept on her feet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· Feels like she wants more of him. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· He makes her feel silly in a little kid way. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· He brings something new to her, she is never bored. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· She is left unknown everytime they meet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· She feels like she is living in a fairytale. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">· He calls her Principessa. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">· He will do anything for her to make her happy. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What does Dora and Guido's relationship show/teach us. __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Anything is possible. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Relationship is not really expected between them because Guido is Jewish and Dora is not. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The love they have for each other is strong and they don't care what others think about it. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The strength of the human heart can bring you through the darkest of times. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">It teaches us about racism and that people should not be judged about where they are from or who they are. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Boundaries can be overcome. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Compassion is the most important thing. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Listening to one another...allowing each other to just be themselves in a relationship is very important. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Love can happen anywhere, anytime and with anyone. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why should Guido and Dora NOT end up together? **__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Before Doar me Guido she was with a well off man, Rodolfo, who could have provided a lot for her, more than Guido could have. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Society doesn't approved of a Jew and a non-Jew being together. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The man Dora is supposed to marry is an important man in the community. Dora is being forced to marry him because of his high status and family connections. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guido is the country-bumpkin, the poor boy from the lower class. Dora is the princess, a respectable girl of high standing and a wealthy upper class. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dora is already engaged to Rodolfo. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What is ironic about Guido and Dr Lessings relationship __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dr Lessing is worryiing as he can not sleep because he cannot solve the riddle. He turns to Guido for help when it is he who should be helping Guido! <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dr Lessing cannot sleep and is paranoid about a riddle he can't solve when Guido is in more danger in the camp. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guido thinks Dr Lessing is going to help him and his family escape but really Dr Lessing wants Guido to solve a riddle. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guido thought this had been a genuine friendship but really Dr Lessing was only using Guido to help solve his riddles. This showed when Guido needed his help to try to escape. Dr Lessing didn't care that Guido and his family were in there and he didn't help them, he just wanted his riddle solved. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ironic that Dr Lessing wants to be saved but in fact Guido is the one who needs saving. At the beginning Dr Lessing admires Guido and says that he is the most cultured waiter he's ever had yet he is still not prepared to help him and his family.