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About This Passage
These are Pinocchio's most honest words in the novel so far — said quietly to himself in the dog house at the end of Chapter 21. Copying this passage trains a middle-grade reader to feel how confession sounds when it comes from a person who has finally lost what he was running from.
I deserve it all. I wanted to run away. I wanted to listen to the advice of bad companions, and that is the reason why I am so unhappy.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Walk through Chapter 21's three scenes: the trap and the Firefly's questions, the angry farmer's arrival, and Pinocchio chained as a watchdog. What changes in Pinocchio at each scene?
Discussion Questions
- When Pinocchio is caught in the trap, the Firefly stops to look at him and immediately asks 'But are the grapes yours?' What in the story shows you that Collodi sent a teaching-helper rather than a rescuing-helper? Why is a question more useful to Pinocchio at this moment than a release from the trap?
- The farmer mistakes Pinocchio for the polecat that has been stealing his chickens and says, 'He who steals grapes is also capable of stealing chickens.' How do you know Collodi wants the reader to feel the unfairness AND the fairness of the farmer's words at the same time?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
Quickly and without warning.
Item 2
Lost consciousness for a short time.
Item 3
To be worthy of something, good or bad.
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