I'm Not Scared

I’M NOT SCARED Important points to remember 1. Most of the action which takes place happens in 1978 – on a few occasions Michele looks back on events. 2. The intensity of the Summer of 1978 – could this be directly related to the events which unfold? The... More

I’M NOT SCARED Important points to remember 1. Most of the action which takes place happens in 1978 – on a few occasions Michele looks back on events. 2. The intensity of the Summer of 1978 – could this be directly related to the events which unfold? The Epigraph “That much he knew. He had fallen into darkness. And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know”. Martin Eden (Jack London, 1909) The epigraph acquires an important symbolism on a number of levels: 1. Michele’s loss of innocence regarding the way adults can sometimes operate – this loss of childhood innocence can be seen as a fall into darkness. 2. Connected to this is the idea that Michele realizes that things are not quite what they seem – Michele knows about his father’s involvement in the kidnapping of Filippo. Michele also knows his father is not the person Michele thought he was. The chapters are not titled or numbered. CHAPTER 1 • The first chapter basically adds as an introduction to the town and its inhabit Less