ario did tell Vittorio not to fill the wheelbarrow too full, “But I did pile it too full; and even feelings its weight begin to lean as I lifted its handles. There was a tremendous crash. After that I worked on my own.” (In a Glass House, 31-32) Things were going rough for Vittorio. In addition to his everyday work on the farm, he had to take care of his newborn half-sister. It seamed like nobody cared about this little baby, except Vittorio and a girl named Gelsomina. Even though Vittorio was Mario’s son, they did not connected with each other; there was no father-son bond between them. Most of the time they spent in their own world, thinking about different things, not wanting to allow each other into their hearts, however Vittorio was aware of his father’s presence. “But usually he was silent, the work t
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