1. Act 2, scene 1
Scene 1 (Pages 94–98) Italy Develops themes and issues • Racial prejudice. – Luigi cynically admires all things Scottish – in the hope of getting them. • Sense of family. – Massimo has a great sense of belonging to his father’s house. • The war. – Luigi has lost most of his belongings. – He graphically describes the bombing.

2. Develops themes and issues • Work Ethic
– Only seems concerned with whether Lucia is a hard worker or not.
‘Works hard?’
• Sense of family.
– Massimo has a great sense of belonging to his father’s house.
• The war.
– Luigi has lost most of his belongings.
– He graphically describes the bombing.
‘I lost my olives, my pigs, my hens, my grapes…’
‘They saw the planes lighting up the sky. They heard the bombs falling and the buildings crashing down and they didn’t know if our house would sill be there when they came down.’ (2,1)