d had gathered, but no one protested" (232-33).
             When Murica silently protested under his breath, a train conductor responded, "Yes, it's a real disgrace" (233). This train conductor and Murica quickly formed a friendship and the conductor introduced Murica to the cell in that area. "All this was strange and new to me," Murica commented (233). Because of his poor health and economic hardships, Murica had trouble making friends. "Those were my first personal contacts with townspeople" (233). He immediately got swept up in the underground Communist movement in Italy, filling his head with idealist thought that he wished to transform into action. (234). One day he was arrested. A policeman offered to not arrest him, as well as give him money in return for information about the cell he was involved in (234). The policeman claimed that, "youth was inherently magnanimous and idealistic.... he had the socially necessary... role of keeping a close watch on the magnanimous and idealistic impulses of the young" (234). Murica submitted him!
             one essay about the dynamics of a cell with positive results. "I was proud that he was pleased with me, and I undertook to remain in contact with him in return for an allowance of 500 lire a month" (234). However, soon, his conscience caught up with him
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