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Alfonso Carracci
Alfredo is a disgraced carpenter who loses his tools, his shop, and his dignity to the loan shark Don Achille. The narrative implies that Alfredo’s gambling problem is behind his fall from grace, yet because Lila and Lenù are children at the time of Alfredo’s struggles, they are unable to comprehend what his downfall really symbolizes about their neighborhood and the cruel, cutthroat way in which it’s run. When Alfredo is arrested for the murder of Don Achille, he professes his innocence—yet he winds up imprisoned for the crime, and the carabinieri (police) investigate no other leads.
Alfredo Peluso Quotes in My Brilliant Friend
The My Brilliant Friend quotes below are all either spoken by Alfredo Peluso or refer to Alfredo Peluso. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Adolescence: Chapter 21
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Stefano, according to Lila, wanted to clear away everything.
He wanted to try to get out of the before. He didn't want to pretend it was nothing, as our parents did, but rather to set in motion a phrase like: I know, my father was what he was, but now I'm here, we are us, and so, enough. In other words, he wanted to make the whole neighborhood understand that he was not Don Achille and that the Pelusos were not the former carpenter who had killed him.
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Alfredo Peluso Quotes in My Brilliant Friend
The My Brilliant Friend quotes below are all either spoken by Alfredo Peluso or refer to Alfredo Peluso. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Adolescence: Chapter 21
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Stefano, according to Lila, wanted to clear away everything.
He wanted to try to get out of the before. He didn't want to pretend it was nothing, as our parents did, but rather to set in motion a phrase like: I know, my father was what he was, but now I'm here, we are us, and so, enough. In other words, he wanted to make the whole neighborhood understand that he was not Don Achille and that the Pelusos were not the former carpenter who had killed him.
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