Summary of Pinocchio by Carlos Collodi :: essays research papers

Pinocchio by Carlos Collodi was written in 1883. The story is about a wooden tool named Pinocchio. He spends his whole childhood wanting to become a real boy, but is misguided by troublesome schoolboys and two watch artists. Through Pinocchios adventures, he understands how he was defiant and nave. At the end of the story his compassion and gratefulness overcame his misguided decisions.Even though Pinocchio could distinguish right from wrong, he decided to disobey. Pinocchio chooses not to listen to Gepetto, and is face with consequences that affected him later in the story including the times that he skips school. Pinocchio visits the marionette play, risking his life of becoming firewood and missed months of school during his trip to Playland with Lamp-wick. Pinocchio was to go sustain home to his fairy, the night that he ran away to Playland, but did not return. A couple months of slothful behavior ended with Pinocchio and Lampwick turned into donkeys and sold. Pinocchio does not countenance a very open mind and because of that he becomes trapped by con-artists. His weakness is his nave attitude toward others. When Pinocchio is lost in the woods, he is approached by a supposedly lame cast off and blind sanctify. They are told of Pinocchio having coins in his pocket. The fox and cat, knowing of Pinocchios coins pretend to be blind and lame. They look Pinocchio to come with them to an inn, and buy them dinner. When Pinocchio wakes up, he is told by the manager that the fox and cat have gone. Pinocchio goes back into the woods and is attacked by assassins, whom are actually the fox and cat. His naivety nearly costs him his life, as he hangs on the disunite of a tree. Later in the story, Pinocchio finds himself with Lamp-wick waiting for the coach to take Lamp-wick to Playland.