Life+is+Beautiful+-+Theme+ideas

Here are some of the ideas you came up with in class for theme.

Remember that theme, important idea, big idea, issue, lesson, authors purpose all means roughly the same thing. Don't be thrown by the difference in terms.

At the bottom of this page is an introduction for a theme topic. Check it out.

Themes – Big Ideas – The ‘so what’
 * Happy endings can come out of sad stories Sacrifice
 * Not all lies are bad
 * Using your life to protect the lives of the ones you love
 * Life is beautiful – value life...some things in life challenge us
 * Some lies are worth telling if the truth is too horrible to bear

Here is the one we 'teased out' -

Making sacrifices for the love and family


 * Often when we make sacrifices we take risks
 * When Dora gets on the train and chooses to go with G and J to the concentration camp. Sacrificing her life, all that she knows for her family.
 * When G gives J his only piece of food he is sacrificing for Joshua
 * When G interprets the German rules. He is risking his life in order to keep the idea of the ‘game’ up for Joshua
 * When J was caught saying “Thank You” Guido risks blowing Joshua’s and his cover by teaching the German children to say Thank You.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guido ultimately sacrifices his life to go and find Dora; to see that she is safe when the war is over
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">At the start when Dora sacrifices her life to go with Guido. She essentially gives up everything twice in the film.

<span style="color: #ffc300; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here is a response to tect introduction written for a theme topic...

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the film Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni, an important idea is the idea of making sacrifices for those we love. In the film the main character Guido makes the ultimate sacrifice by giving his life while trying to protect his family. Before this happens though, there are many examples of how the main characters make sacrifices for their family members. Some of these are Dora sacrificing her own lifestyle and safety in order to be with those she loves, twice, Guido sacrificing his own health and safety to ensure his son is safe and Guido taking risks throughout his time at the concentration camp to let his wife know he and Joshua were alive and safe.

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