Pinocchio, a popular household name gained its traction from the Disney children’s movie in the 1940s “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Disney.
The movie released by Disney is however constructed from a book written in sequential order and later compiled and printed in one version as Le Avventure di Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, in 1883.
The author, Carlo Lorenzi, was born in Florence in 1826 and while growing up, attended the seminary and was set to become a catholic priest. Carlo also got involved politically during his youthful year and bravely fought during the Italian independence wars.
Lorenzi, however, wrote this book with his stage name Carlo Collodi and is credited as an amazing author and journalist.
Unlike Disney’s movie which centres all over a puppet displayed as a boy that interacts and behaves like a human being while learning real-life lessons in his journey. However, the novel by Collodi conveys the ills of Pinocchio many times, frequently calling him a “disgrace” and a “confirmed rogue”.
Lorenzi greatly evaluated Europe’s social and political state during this period and wrote symbolic publications to mock Italian and European societies.
The novel originally tells us the puppet is not led astray unlike the Disney movie. Instead, it portrays the puppet for what it actually is, a natural rogue from the beginning.
From the moment he gets the ability to work he begins his mischievous activities. His first activity is to kick Geppetto and run away into town where he is found by an Italian policeman who assumes that Geppetto has treated Pinocchio very badly.
This leads to the arrest of the poor puppeteer from where he is then sent to prison. Jiminy Cricket then confronts Pinocchio about his hedonistic and untruthful behaviour in anger he stones Jiminy with a hammer which kills him.
Geppetto, the puppeteer then finally gains his freedom from prison and on returning home convinces Pinocchio to attend school then proceeds to sell his only coat to buy the puppet his school books however he doesn’t go to school but rather sells the school books and continues in his unruly behaviour.
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