Niccolo Ammanitis ‘I’m not scared’‚ illustrates the life of a young boy named Michele Amitrano who has to deal with issues that are not a common occurrence for a 10-year-old boy. Throughout the story we witness Michele journey from childhood innocence into a maturity beyond his years. This is evident through Michele’s ability to stand up to his fears in order to support what he believes in. Throughout I’m not scared‚ Michele has to face many fears‚ both childish and real in order to stand for what
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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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Even though Michele is innocent and immature he still displays some admirably mature qualities. Niccolo Ammaniti‚ in the novel ‘I’m Not Scared’ depicts Michele as innocent. This is a significant factor of the choices Michele makes. Innocence is an important theme throughout the novel and is portrayed by many characters. Michele’s immaturity is an obstacle he defeats to display admirable qualities of loyalty and courage. Michele’s naivety originates from his juvenile youth. He is inexperienced with
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texts. You may confine your answer to key moments in the texts. The two comparative texts I have studied in which I will examine their main unexpected key moments and their effects on the reader are ’Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë and ’I’m Not Scared’ by Gabriele Salvatores. In my answer I will discuss four unexpected moments of each text‚ three minor and one major. ’Wuthering Heights’ is a gothic romance novel set in the late 18th century and is a story of an adopted orphan child‚ Heathcliff
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killed my Father’ written by Loung Ung also displays the theme of ‘ family is the most important thing in life.’ The novel was about the life changing experience of a little girl during the Khmer rouge regime. The theme was portrayed through Sem Im Ung‚ the father of the little girl. Like the character Dom from ‘ Fast and Furious ’ the character Sem Im Ung was also placed into a position where he had to make sacrifices for the sake of his family. An example of this was when the character Sem Im Ung lied
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I’m not scared ( How does Ammaniti convey the courage of Michele?) Ammaniti Niccolo is an author who wrote an extraordinary book called "I’m not scared‚" this book Is based in the year 1976 about a boy named Michele from Aqua Traverse Luciginano (Southern Italy) who goes on the greatest and biggest adventure of his life to face evil‚ where we get to experience Ammaniti experiment with the playful and volatile world of childhood and give us an insight on what it would be like to be in Michelles shoes
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is about a penny given by the leading character’s father. The story begins with a funeral. After the father’s funeral‚ the leading character was talking with his sister and couldn’t help recalling the afternoon when everyone thought he was lost. The father was a reticent man who never said “love” and was severe and humorless. So the son didn’t know whether his father liked him and he even didn’t know about his father’s feeling. One day‚ the father gave him a penny. The leading character was so excited
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I’m not scared Narration Numerous books have been written in a first-person narration‚ yet fewer movies have been directed from that same perspective. Nicollo Ammaniti’s I’m not scared does the job beautifully in the novel form‚ and thankfully‚ it tackles the challenge in the film adaptation as well; the director’s smartest move was to film the proceedings solely from the perspective of Michele. He does so by focusing primarily on Michele throughout the film‚ his emotions‚ reactions‚ and even the
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genealogy of government and liberalism and recognizes the relation among economy and politics. Sovereignty was the power where the sovereign had the right to decide life and death. This came from the ancient Roman law “Patria Potestas” where the father of a Roman family was given the option to choose whether or not his children and his
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Michele Ferrero was born on 26 April 1925 in Dogliani‚ and passed away in February 2015 at age 89. Michele Ferrero was an Italian entrepreneur that owned the chocolate manufacture Ferrero SpA. He turned a little bakery shop to an International Company by being the first Italian entrepreneur after World War II to open production sites and offices abroad in the confectionary sector. Before his dead‚ he was the richest person in Italy‚ and 20th richest person in the World. (Forbes 2011) Michele Ferrero’s
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