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Pinocchio Analysis
Pinocchio & Politics

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Pinocchio, in addition to a children's tale, is a novel of education, with values expressed through allegory. There are many ways to view these allegories. One is that they mirror the values of the middle class of the 19th century, in particular Italy as it became a nation state. For example do not follow schemes of the fox and cat (ie. thieving noble class) but instead work honestly for money and get an education so you are not treated like an ass (mule working class). Not surprisingly, although the book was very popular, in many upper class families

of the period it was not a book initially regarded as ...

Pinocchio - Analysis

Pinocchio, in addition to a children's tale, is a novel of education, with values expressed through allegory. There are many ways to view these allegories. One is that they mirror the values of the middle class of the 19th century, in particular Italy as it became a nation state. For example do not follow schemes of the fox and cat (ie. thieving noble class) but instead work honestly for money and get an education so you are not treated like an ass (mule working class). Not surprisingly, although the book was very popular, in many upper class families of the period it was not a book initially regarded as suitable for "well-educated" children.

It is also an allegory of contemporary society, a look at the contrast between respectability and free instinct in a very severe, formal time. Behind the optimistic pedagogical appearance, the romance is a sad irony, and sometimes a satire, on that formal pedagogy and, through this, against the nonsense of these social manners in general.