ITAL 20X Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fresca, Anti-Communism, Porchetta
Document Summary
The bicycle thief: general info, characters, bruno: son, antonio: father, maria: mother, context, post wwii rome. Fascist reign: shows that rome isn"t as amazing and glorious as everyone chalks it up to be, there is a working class living in tiny apartments. The highway: hectic drivers, red lights are optional, stop signs are useless (can create accident, rules are suggestions, honking horn is like a language, using headlight to show they are going before you. Hotels: pensione, small, cheap hotels, young people, when people go on vacation, they want to make a home out of a hotel, and it"s easy to do here. Night spots: bars/clubs, technical drinking age is 18, but no one follows it, parents are less strict because culture allows for it. The double moral: all sicilians are proud to be who they are, but they are also suspicious of what goes on in their home.
