Fear In I M Not Scared

Throughout the novel, I’m Not Scared the hero, Michele, realises that the adult world is not as innocent and caring as he originally thought. Niccolo Ammaniti’s novel takes the reader on a journey through an innocent and too trusting world seen through the eyes of a nine year old boy, Michele. It is set in Southern Italy in the hot summer of 1978. Michele finds a dirty, incoherent boy, Fillipo, chained in a hole hidden outside his village, but is too scared to speak of it. He begins to connect the boy, his own impecunious parents, and an unexplained visitor, with a headline kidnapping that has the whole country on edge. Michele discovers that people around him, particularly his father, are capable of cruel actions.

The idea of fear of various characters is portrayed in the film using a variety of techniques.

Loyalty Throughout the novel Michele is very loyal to Maria and Filippo as a trustful brother and friend. Firstly, Michele did not want to lose the race against the gang, but his loyalty to his sister prevented him from winning. Seeing that Maria had been "swallowed up by the wheat", Michele could not leave his sister behind. By doing this it was clear to Michele that he would lose the race, but he knew that he had a high level of responsibility to support his sister when she is in need.

Chapter 12 – For a long while, the audience learns that the monster watches this family (the DeLacey’s) and becomes very connected to them. The monster narrates how unhappy this family is and he does everything he can to reduce their state of poverty they are living in. It is also found that the monster has started to learn the language this family speaks by mimicking the “sounds” they make. We also learn the names of the younger man and woman, Felix and Agatha.

Childhood innocence and moral values are explored throughout Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared Novel. I’m not scared is set during 1978. In the hot italian countryside full of high wheat bushes and hot days, the novel introduces us to Michele and his gang of friends as we learn how the actions of their parents impact their innocence and morality on different levels to one another.

The children filled their days with riding bikes, playing football, steal-the-flag, one-two-three-star and lounging around doing nothing.

Ammaniti’s novel I’m Not Scared set in Acqua Traverse, Italy 1978 is a powerful text, which explores relevant social themes and issues. Besides being a tale of adult cruelty and lost innocence we cannot ignore the role in which loyalty and betrayal play in the novel. These central themes make this novel a compelling text.

The novel, I’m Not Scared, by Niccolo Ammaniti takes you on a memorable journey with Michele Amitrano, a nine year old boy, who learns valuable lessons on how trust and loyalty gives you more than greed and money-oriented acts. The journey arises in 1978 in Aqua Traverse during the time when the small, isolated town of Southern Italy suffered from a major heat wave. Around this time is when Michele makes a tragic discovery of a young, kidnapped Filippo who is chained up in a hole and made to live in the most inhumane conditions. Through the finding of Filippo Michele’s innocence becomes a thing of the past as it uncovers the truth about the real monsters in Aqua Traverse. Although, Michele never loses sight of his strong belief in the values of trust and loyalty even with his regretful selling out of Filippo to Salvatore Scardiccione and Pino’s (Papa’s) to deter him from knowing the truth but then his materialistic ways of winning him back after the truth is discovered.

Starting at the beginning, when the littluns bring up the idea that they saw a “beastie”. This could ultimately just mean that they are compartmentalizing their fears into the belief of a monster. As it says in Document A, “They

Initially, the creature symbolizes the boys’ fear. In an excerpt from Man of a Smaller Growth, it states, “They externalize these fears into the figure of a “Beast,” (Document A). Additionally, “He was dreaming…. He must of had a nightmare,” (Document B). These two pieces of evidence tie together in the fact that fear is a universal feeling. The boys are turning their fear into this so-called monster. Nightmares tie in with this idea by showing the this “Beast” is something that is terrorizing the children inside and outside of their dreams. Nightmares themselves are a figment of fear, for often, they display a person's deepest and darkest fears. In the beginning of the novel, this monster is symbolizing fear.

In “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin, the informally-speaking narrator depicts a cookie-cutter utopia with perpetually happy citizens that sing and dance in the music-filled streets during the Festival of Summer. However, under one of the beautiful public buildings lays a child, no older than ten years-old, who lays in its own excrement. Although the citizens know the emancipated child is there, they refuse to act upon the child’s suffering, for their happiness depends entirely on the child’s abominable misery. Through ethos, the narrator illustrates this utopian society with a casual tone and frequently asks the audience for their input. Le Guin’s fairy-tale introduction of the story establishes her credibility through her extensive knowledge and understanding of the people of Omelas. Le Guin utilizes logos through the narrator’s second person point of view which incites the audience to draw their own conclusions about the city of Omelas and question their own justifications of the child’s existence. The concept of the happiness of many relying on the necessary suffering of one forces the reader to question their own morals and their justifications for the child’s physical and mental condition. Through ethos, logos, and pathos, Le Guin presents the contrast and divide between the citizens of Omelas and the child in the cellar in order to challenge the reader’s capacity for moral self-conception.

People experience different emotions that can drastically change within seconds and, cannot remain controlled. During the course of “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Scarlet Ibis” and “The Use of Force”, the author demonstrates how a person can change from calm and collected to an assailant. Sickness comes in many forms, both physical and mental. Together both can affect emotions, actions which those two then lead into flaws and faults being revealed. All humans have flaws and the authors are attempting to aid the reader in understanding flaws and that can be embraced or overpower a person. The narrators and characters of these stories have many flaws these faults which are both extremely subtle and obvious.

Stephen King’s: IT, is a story which is set in the small town of Derry, Maine; it is illustrated as the most oministic place in the book where everyone in the town acts so strange when kids start to go missing strangely. It happens every 27 years, by a mysterious creature that lives beneath, of Derry, and starts to target seven unlikely group of characters that come together to defeat the mysterious beast so IT can never harm the town anymore, and 27 years later the seven friends get a disturbing phone call that tells them that IT has come back and they will need to finish off their promise. But the story itself is a coming of age, which is these characters learn what it is like in the real world when, even if your a kid you can’t really depend on the grown ups to help “Eddie discovered one of his childhood’s great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought” (King, 814). and if they are going to defeat the creature they will have to face their fears.

3. Michele’s father tells him that monsters do not exist, and other things such as ghost, werewolves and witches are just nonsense invented to frighten mugs and that he should be afraid of men, not of the things he is afraid of.

My largest obstacle in this life will always be my own anxiety-ridden mind. Conquering my fears is one of the most terrifying, wonderful, and encouraging things I can achieve. Nevertheless, it is a difficult goal to reach. It is as if a battle is continually being waged in my head whenever I face something unfamiliar. Once these worries set in I retreat into myself, believing I must conquer my fears alone. This is a difficult idea to break free of, remembering that I am not alone, that someone much larger than I can, and will help, becomes almost impossible. However, God is not one to stand by while his children hurt, when I am falling to pieces, God always steps in, one way or another, to remind me that I am, and I never will be, alone. I am glad I have this apprehension because it motivates me and makes life much more gratifying. This fear has brought me closer to God in many ways, anxiety serves as a reminder that I need to let go and give every worry to the Lord. I believe, when I control my fears instead of running from them, I improve as a Christian and am able to accomplish more in life.