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Why did
Peppino decide to go to America?
What kind of weird profession does he have in Italy?
What do expect he will do (job) in America?
Why is he prevented from emigrating legally?
What trick
did he devise to get on the ship?
How is he discovered?
What does
Rosina do for a living?
What is her relationship with Ralph?
What is her
relationship with Don Nicolone?
The guy in the steamer trunk: what role do you expect him to
have in the film?
What role does he have?
Where does
he meet Toni the Anarchist the first time?
What is the
first real job Peppino gets?
How does he
lose (so to speak) that job?
What does Pamela represent?
What does Don Nicolone say to Peppino to convince him to go back
to Italy?
Is
that the subtle message of the film? Why does it take a gangster
to deliver it?
How did
Peppino’s father really died?
The crucial moment when Peppino buys into the American trip is
when he prays to the Virgin Mary. What does he want?
What is his
job when he is all dressed up with top hat and a cigar?
What is the
other job that Peppino gets and that infuriates Rosita?
Does he have
a choice in the kind of job he gets?
What did Toni
sell out of desperation to survive?
Was it really
“pea soup?”
And how did
it taste?
What was
Toni’s dying wish?
Why does Rosita go to Ralph?
Does Rosita sleep with Ralph to get what she wants?
How did
Peppino manage to escape from prison?
How are
African Americans represented in the film? What roles do they
have? AndWhy?
WRITING
This section is about what you think, not what the film
presents.
How much should I write? There is
no upper limit but: don't fill up space with fluff and redundant
information. There is no minimum per se, but in order to answer
intelligently all the question there is going to be an organic
amount that will allow you to address the issues and, most of all,
develop arguments to support personal opinions.
PROMPTS The film suggests that for a poor sap like Peppino,
the only way to make it in America is either to become a clown or a
criminal. Given this alternative, at the end he decides to...
Is it his fault for not trying hard enough? Is he wise in that he
had enough?
Did the criticism directed at America --coming from a foreign source
- bother you?
What aspects are most troublesome to you?
Did that offend you or strike you as unfair?
Or do you think the critical view is fair?
Or, is it an eye-opener on a different perspective?
Are you familiar with the
proverb "Only I can kick my dog?" In what kind of situation would
you use it to silence someone?
What are your true answers?
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