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We Are All Well

A Collection Of Family Letters During The Second World War (1940-45)
Edited by: Anna Rita Perazzoli


                                                        


Original Title: Stiamo Tutti Bene

Title: We Are All Well

Editor: Mrs Anna Rita Perazzoli

Publisher: Fast Edit

Publication Date: 2015

Pages: 433

Language: Italian

Photos (Italo Perazzoli)


Every town has a hero, even Ripatransone.

His name was Luigi Massi, during the June of 1944, he risked his life for his loved ones and Ripatransone render harmless the German's  landmines.

The chronicles of that past time tell us that a large number of this bombs were put, in a cave, under the town, with the precise goal of a complete destruction.

Another proud citizen was Rolando Perazzoli, in the letters written for his brothers and parents, we see, gradually, the formation of his personality from a university student to a soldier of the second war world.

In this epistolary collection, there are letters written from the 1940 to 1945, the years of the evil, the shame of the entire humanity, a society without humanity, nor love, but full of selfishness and love for the absolute power.

The selfishness is summarised in this phrase written by A.J. Cronin in his novel "The Stars Look Down" and precisely "the Western front had won a glorious victory at the cost of only 15,000 men"

In a letter written by Rolando to his brother Ugo we know that, he decided to read "The Stars Look Down" because there are many thing to know, like the life of the miners set at Sleescale, Northumberland UK.

The central themes are the social conflicts, their fight for the civil rights and for a fair world and sentiments.

The most tragic letter is written in date 5 March 1945, where he said that "God" is an empty word, and he is disillusioned by the society, being conscious of living in a corrupted society, where even the religions have lost their battle against the evil.

This is the beginning for become a staunch atheist but this not happened for a variety of reasons, some of them could be a good catholic education and respect for the traditions, and the reading of the novel written by A.J. Cronin

Obviously he wrote this letter in a pessimistic period, generated by the atrocities of the war. But this was a fundamental experiences for him under the religious and for believing that in the man there is yet a small percentage of humanity.

Under the religious point of view, he understood that the evil is made by the men, being a direct consequence of the original sin, and by the wickedness of the men.
Suffering is permitted by God, with the precise goal for a good end, like the strengthening of faith in God and for an experience for the soul which is immortal and transferable.

It was also a revaluation for the humans if we think that the European Union has been founded with the precise goal of avoid further wars in the continent. (Council Of Europe, 1949)

In the novel written by A.J. Cronin there are three main personages, they are: David Fenwick, Martha Fenwick,  Arthur Barras, Richard Barras, and Joseph Gowlan.
As I mentioned before, the purpose of Rolando was to learn a lot from this novel, such as the face of the evil, which is Joseph Gowlan.

Jo begins his career as a  miner and will become a manager.

He is an handsome man, secure of himself, with his empathy he is able to deceive everyone, he is a contemporary sophist.

He will won the eternal battle against good and evil, because he is supported and encouraged  by a corrupted society, he is able to speak to the bestial side of every humans, which is more prone to hate, rather than a rational reasoning.

The anti hero of this novel is David Fenwick.

David comes from a mining family, but he wants to become a politicians because his desire is to nationalise the mines for a fair wage and for a better life, he wants to be a real politician, fair and incorruptible, where at the centre there is the wellness of the working class.

He won't obtain nothing but he will be faithful to his ideals, until his last day.




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