Maestro Ferraro Character Analysis in My Brilliant Friend

Maestro Ferraro is a teacher at Lila and Lenù’s elementary school as well as the school librarian. He teaches classes of boys, but as the librarian, he holds a soft spot for Lila, the most frequent borrower from the school’s collection. Ferraro even hosts a small awards ceremony in order to honor Lila, who uses her family’s library cards to check out as many books as possible at one time.

Maestro Ferraro Character Timeline in My Brilliant Friend

The timeline below shows where the character Maestro Ferraro appears in My Brilliant Friend. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

One morning, Maestra Oliviero brings Lila and Lenù to Maestro Ferraro’s class of fourth-grade boys so that the girls can compete against Nino Sarratore and Alfonso... (full context)

Elena stresses the importance of the contest between Oliviero and Ferraro’s classes. Though she and Lila were not yet good friends, she was able to intuit... (full context)

...door in the building is the door to the library, which is run by Maestro Ferraro, but Lila is not in the room. Lenù wonders why Lila keeps abandoning her—and why... (full context)

One Sunday, Lenù receives an invitation in the mail from Maestro Ferraro summoning her to the library. When she arrives, she sees that a small crowd has... (full context)