Dear Michele‚ Lying here in my hospital bed I have not been able to stop thinking about your bravery and all that you have done for me. You risked your life to save mine‚ you were my guardian angel. You gave me hope and something to live for when I needed it most and for that I will be forever grateful. Without your help‚ bravery and compassion I don’t think that I would be alive today. I cannot thank you enough; there are no words for this. As I lay in that dark‚ cold hole‚ naked and emaciated
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I’m Not Scared explores the playful and volatile world of childhood through the eyes of nine-year-old Michele‚ who is forced‚ again and again‚ to make the hard choices that will define his character. As the book opens‚ he must choose between helping his younger sister or winning a race. Later‚ he must choose between letting his friend Barbara be humiliated or taking the punishment himself. And as the novel approaches its stunning climax‚ he must choose between obeying his father and fulfilling the
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“Papa is the bogeyman.” Is Pino Amitrano an evil man? In the novel I’m Not Scared‚ Pino Amitrano is portrayed as the villain who committed a heinous crime and betrayed his son. Pino was a man of principles and integrity who loved his family whole heartedly‚ yet somehow he was overcome by greed and fear which prompted him to do malicious acts which made him evil man. Through various events that took place in the novel‚ Niccolo Amanniti showed how he descended into darkness enabling him to commit
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Is Michele a flawless (无瑕疵的; 无裂缝的; 无缺点的)hero? Stacey As far as I am concerned‚ Michele isn’t a flawless hero. Nobody is completely perfect. Although Michele has strong moral convictions‚ the entire community of Aqua Traverse does not have. He also has his own defect‚ such as his greedy (for) things and disloyalty and betrayal to filippo. At the beginning of story‚ when Michele discovers Filippo‚ he doesn’t show any normal feelings. He just think the boy in the hole is his because he finds
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I have seen or read about the beautiful places that are located in India. Kashmir is a heaven on earth with its bracing climate and scenic beauty. Bombay‚ the gateway of India‚ is a natural harbour with beautiful surroundings. Chandigarh‚ a union territory‚ is the most well laid out city of India and speaks volumes for the skill of the French designer who planned it. The Taj at Agra is the most beautiful Tomb which symbolises eternal love. But I have not seen a more beautiful place than the Mughal
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of 1978’s Italy‚ Niccolo Ammaniti’s I am not scared explores the darkness of the childhood imagining and the cruelty of reality. However‚ comparing these two we know it is complicated to work out which one is worse as they both make the story dark and dense. The reality in the story is created by the people who Michele love and respect‚ he has no control and no idea what is going to happen‚ that is one of the reasons why the reality is more horrible than the imagination made up by Michele himself
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I’m Not Scared is a coming of age text‚ written by Niccolo Ammaniti‚ and it is based on the journey of a young Michele Amitrano moving from childhood innocence to experience. Initially he is naïve and ignorant towards things that has no impact to his ‘perfect little world’‚ however‚ after encountering several events he changes his perspective. This takes form through the influences of his peers‚ adults and a reflection of himself. Among Michele’s peers there are several whom that mould the journey
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Epicurus (341 - 270BC) Founder of the philosophical view of Hedonism (termed the ethic of the pigsty)‚ Hedonistic philosophy taught that pleasure was the highest good of man. The pursuit of pleasure was man’s chief goal. Pleasure was good and pain was evil. Epicurus rejected Aristotle’s golden mean of doing nothing to excess. He said that religion is the chief curse of the human race. He was not really saying that he did not believe in the gods‚ but he said that the gods had no interest
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Niccolo Ammaniti’s novel I’m not scared demonstrates how a lust for something greater‚ the quest for greener pastures can lead one to disregard their morality‚ yet at the same time it illustrates how a strong character can overcome such desires in order to achieve a higher sense of rectitude. The secluded impoverished hamlet of Aqua Traverse and the adults that inhabit it are representations that portray the flaw within the human spirit‚ the flaw of an overriding need for something greater. In a
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I looked up at the black sky. I hadn’t intended to be out this late. The sun had set‚ and the empty road ahead had no streetlights. I knew I was in for a dark journey home. I had decided that by traveling through the forest would be the quickest way home. Minutes passed‚ yet it seemed like hours and days. The farther I traveled into the forest‚ the darker it seemed to get. It was very hard to even take a breath due to the stifling air. The only sound familiar to me was the quickening beat of my own
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