JOURNAL QUESTIONS
Give EACH chapter a title and explain your reasoning.
CHAPTER 11: Have you ever befriended a "bad influence" (or been one, perhaps)? Have you ever had an experience that you knew was wrong or going to get you trouble, but you went along with it anyway? How did you feel? How did others around you feel? Why do you think people choose to "take a walk on the wild side"?
CHAPTER 12: Have you ever experienced or a witnessed a clash between generations? What in your life do you consider traditional and what do you consider modern? What are some "old world" traditions that you hold dearly and what are some modern "new world" factors in your life that you are grateful for? Comment on the idea of old world and new world using Vittorio's experiences along with your own (use references from the book – note the use of light and dark imagery).
CHAPTER 13: How might this chapter be a turning point? How do you interpret the line, "the town a kind of inferno, its people ghosts"? Who do you relate to the most in this chapter and why?
CHAPTER 14: Pathos is the quality or power of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion, in our case, through literature. Where is the pathos in this chapter? In what ways does Nino Ricci successfully create pathos (think literary power words!)
