The Man Who Employs Ferruccio as an Upholsterer
Submitted by:
Alaine Krystle S. Sia
3rd Year
Submitted to:
Teacher Chiqui
I. List of characters
Guido Orefice
A Jewish-Italian bookstore. Who sacrifices his life to save his son and very optimistic person.
Dora Orefice
Guido's wife. She insists on going to the camp even though she is not Jewish and survive with his son.
Giosue/Joshua Orefice
Guido and Dora's son. His father convinced him that they are joining a game that the winner will receive a real tank.
Eliseo Orefice
Guido's uncle. He finds a job for Guido as a waiter when he first arrives in the city.
Ferruccio Papini
Guido's friend. He is the one who moves to the city with Guido.
Dora's Mother
She doesn’t want her daughter to marry Guido, and the two fall out of touch for many years.
Doctor Lessing
Guido's regular customer at the restaurant. He is the doctor in the concentration camp.
Bartolomeo
One of Guido's bunkmates in the concentration camp.
Amico Rodolfo
Dora's fiancé when she first meets Guido. He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society, and he makes Dora unhappy. He also denies Guido a loan to open a bookstore.
Vittorino
A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp.
Oreste
The man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer.
II. Summary
Guido, and his best friend, Ferruccio, went to the city to get a job, when the brakes of their old car broke. While Ferruccio attempts to fix the car, Guido saw a woman who is to become the love of his life.
Guido’s uncle, Eliseo helps him to have a job as a waiter in a fancy hotel. Guido went to a moneylender to secure a loan to open up a bookshop, and he realizes that the man, Amico, who refuses his loan is Dora’s fiancée. On one rainy night, Guido steals Dora away from Amico and takes her on a journey through her imagination to a place where pillows can be used as skirts, the Virgin Mary throws keys from the heavens, and red carpets unroll through darkened piazzas.
At Dora's engagement party to Amico, she
Alaine Krystle S. Sia
3rd Year
Submitted to:
Teacher Chiqui
I. List of characters
Guido Orefice
A Jewish-Italian bookstore. Who sacrifices his life to save his son and very optimistic person.
Dora Orefice
Guido's wife. She insists on going to the camp even though she is not Jewish and survive with his son.
Giosue/Joshua Orefice
Guido and Dora's son. His father convinced him that they are joining a game that the winner will receive a real tank.
Eliseo Orefice
Guido's uncle. He finds a job for Guido as a waiter when he first arrives in the city.
Ferruccio Papini
Guido's friend. He is the one who moves to the city with Guido.
Dora's Mother
She doesn’t want her daughter to marry Guido, and the two fall out of touch for many years.
Doctor Lessing
Guido's regular customer at the restaurant. He is the doctor in the concentration camp.
Bartolomeo
One of Guido's bunkmates in the concentration camp.
Amico Rodolfo
Dora's fiancé when she first meets Guido. He is insensitive and caught up in Italian high society, and he makes Dora unhappy. He also denies Guido a loan to open a bookstore.
Vittorino
A fellow prisoner at the concentration camp.
Oreste
The man who employs Ferruccio as an upholsterer.
II. Summary
Guido, and his best friend, Ferruccio, went to the city to get a job, when the brakes of their old car broke. While Ferruccio attempts to fix the car, Guido saw a woman who is to become the love of his life.
Guido’s uncle, Eliseo helps him to have a job as a waiter in a fancy hotel. Guido went to a moneylender to secure a loan to open up a bookshop, and he realizes that the man, Amico, who refuses his loan is Dora’s fiancée. On one rainy night, Guido steals Dora away from Amico and takes her on a journey through her imagination to a place where pillows can be used as skirts, the Virgin Mary throws keys from the heavens, and red carpets unroll through darkened piazzas.
At Dora's engagement party to Amico, she