Joshua as a character throughout 'Life is Beautiful'' represents unique and engaging presentation of the Holocaust experience. Joshua's perspective is through the eyes of an innocent child who doesn't understand the whole experience. This innocence allows us to connect with Joshua and have more sympathy for the Jews as a whole because of his symbolic reference to them as being the innocent Jewish people who have been oppressed.
Joshua's perspective allows us to see the whole experience from someone who doesn't understand the whole experience. This is important because it plays upon the issues related with the Holocaust. This is seen through the scene where Joshua doesn't want to go to the gas chambers. The reason why he doesn't want to take a 'shower' is because he is a plays upon the cliche little kids don't like taking showers.
Joshua's innocence is important to the uniqueness of the movie because it adds and extra element of sympathy to the film. You feel more for the Joshua because he is a small child and that his inability to comprehend the situation of the mass killing of many of the Jews. This perspective is important as well because of the perspective is from someone who suffers from the Holocaust.
Therefore, Joshua is a symbol not just of innocence but the whole jewish race who suffered in the Holocaust. He shows the weakness of the Jewish people during the holocaust and there inability to stop the situation. He is needed to represent the movies unique and engaging presentation of the Holocaust experience within the movie.
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