Disclaimer: I don't own La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful)... duh! All credit goes to Roberto Benigni and others who have rights to it.
A/N: Here is just a character sketch of our hero, Guido. Hope you'll enjoy this.
True Nature
By Moeru H.
Put a man in a place where he can fulfill his wishes, and he will be as good as he can be. Put him where he least expects it, that's when his real nature will be revealed.
A man sets off to the city to seek more opportunities for better life. Though not blessed with wealth, he is fortunately gifted with creating an atmosphere of genuine happiness that drags everyone around him. Nothing can hinder him to be the best he can be. To capture the heart of those close to him, he just gives them the feeling that life is, indeed, beautiful.
But darkness looms, even in his little world. He and his family are drawn to see a glimpse of hell on earth, an injustice just for being deemed different. This adversity, however, doesn't make him fall. Instead, he desires more inner strength, essentially, to salvage his son's innocence. He puts on a smile for his son to hide the cruelty of man to his fellow. He creates a deceptive little world to preserve his child's vision of the world, to not let go of the ideal. He shows him only kindness and selflessness to imbibe in him that even in the most trying times, there is goodness, that not all are tarnished by selfish desires in expense of others' misery.
Ultimately, he succeeds in his mission. His son is reunited with his mother, unblemished and pure as ever. But fate would have it that while his child exclaims 'we won, we won', our hero lies lifeless in a dark corner, anonymously, never to be honored the way he should be.
The End