48 pages 1 hour read

Carlo Collodi

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1883

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Essay Topics

1.

How does Pinocchio’s decision to kill the wise talking cricket foreshadow his ongoing suffering and distress?

2.

Using the example of Little Man as well as the vultures, hawks, and foxes in the City of Simple Simons, who benefits from capitalist systems of industrialization? Who suffers?

3.

In your opinion, does becoming a father to Pinocchio improve Geppetto’s life? Justify why or why not using textual evidence.