I'm Not Scared charts Michele's increasing maturity and sense of morality. Discuss.

The novel "I'm Not Scared" is a coming of age story in which Michele must ultimatly choose between his loyalty to Filippo and his loyalty to his father. In Italy during the 1970s, it was tradition for families to be patriarchal, in which the father was boss. However Michele still retains a strong value system which prevents him from turning his back on his friend Filippo, a boy who has been kidnapped and now resides imprisoned at the bottom of a hole. Throughout the novel we see just how Michele's maturity and sense of morality increase, and the unpleasantness he must go through in deciding how he can still obey his father, whilst not betraying his promise to Filippo.

It is important to remember that at the commencment of the novel, Michele Amitrano is far from angelic. Similar to other nine-year-old boys he is at times immature and believes his life is unfair. He refuses to fetch the wine......

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Title: I'M Not Scared
Approximate Word Count: 719
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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