Life is Beautiful

Analyze the extent to which this film speaks out against discrimination

Life is Beauitful

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A disaster such as the Holocaust is much more complicated than a natural disaster such as a hurricane. Natural disasters test an individual's bravery but are initiated in ways that normally are wholly external to humanity. The Holocaust, in contrast, was the direct result of individual choices and decisions (and most likely not the result of an impersonal Schopenhauer-like "will"). Whereas a natural disaster can be seen as a battle between society and nature, disasters such as the Holocaust pit society against itself. During the Holocaust, each person had to analyze the situation and decide whether or not to embrace society's new values. I think that the film questions just how far people would go to protest injustice. Would they give their lives? Many did give their lives opposing the Nazis and many were complacent.