Bianca come il latte, rosso come il sangue Flashcards
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Beatrice con uno sguardo ti fa sognare. Beatrice e’ rossa. Silvia e azzurra, come tutti gli amici veri. Il supplente invece e’ solo una macchiolina nera in una giornata Sfiga! Sfiga! Sfighissimia!
Summary
Leo - ordinary 16 yr old
Story of love, loss and ordinary life
Leo - age, likes
ordinary, 16
likes to hang out w/ friends, music, soccer and zip around on his “bat-cinquantino”(scooter)
Leo - dislikes
school, teachers (sfigati - nerds) or parents - they dont understand him
Leo - love with
Beatrice - red hair, green eyes
he’s too shy in front of her to declare feelings
Leo - strategy
Silvia to get Beatrice’s number
Sends long messages to her
No reply - sad, pessimistic mood
Leo and teacher he likes
Philosophy - new teacher - “il sognatore” - encourages to live intensely and follow dreams
Beatrice
Leo musters courage to talk to her after reflection on il sognatore’s words. but she isnt in school - leukaemia
Leo donates and as this starts
blood - needs parents permission - parents are happy and proud - he’s a “man”. Improves father -son relation
Leo writes
letter to tell Beatrice he donated his blood to her because he loves her. But she isn’t home, she’s in hospital.
Leo goes to
hospital on scooter, accident, ends up in hospital and visits Bea.
Leo realises how
sick and weak Beatrice is. After the visit of his teacher and parents he continues to visit her. But when he finds her unrecognisable from the sickness, far from the beauty of the girl he loves, he cannot accept it and runs away.
leo runs from
image of beatrice and himself. doesnt return home. parents worry, search everywhere.
leo falls asleep on
fav red bench Panchina”. SIlvia finds him. Even though his parents are that angry he argues with all of them and isolates himself more and more.
leo feels depressed but
after long chat w/ il sognatore - invites him for an ice cream - helps him.
il sognatore helps leo understand that
mistakes, cowards moments and sadness are all a part of life. and if he really wants to help Beatrice this is not the moment to give up his dream.
Thanks to the intermediary of Silvia, leo starts to
visit Bea at home.
First time they talk together. Bea tells him she never got any messages but that she knows he gave his blood for her.
The potential best moment of the book, why?
when they first talk. because they start a beautiful relationship despite Bea’s deteriorating health and they help each other a lot.
How leo helps bea
to continue to believe in her dreams - how to play guitar. helps her travel” via powerpoints. helps her write her personal journal.
How bea helps leo
to understand the importance of dreams.
get good results at school.
make peace with his friends and get closer to his parents.
in particular the relationship with Silvia changes. Thanks to the conversations with Bea Leo realises that he might be in love with Silvia and decides to tell her.
The moment of clarity in Leo s life
when he realises he might be in love with Silvia. It doesn’t last long. She confesses that she gave a fake number for Bea - by initerrupting his professing his feelings. Leo feels betrayed and leaves with the intention to never forgive her
Death of Bea
arrives when leo has only just found out that Silvia gave him fake number - lied to him
