Pinocchio

P: What do you think is the defining moment for the main character in your book?

R: I think that the defining point for Pinocchio came when he saved Geppetto from the Dog-fish. Over and over again Pinocchio was faced with minor tests of character that he couldn't seem to over come. At this point in the story; however, the puppet finally was able to put someone else's happiness before his own. As he swam his father back to the shore, he managed to not only carry him upon his back, but also give him words of encouragement even when he felt all hope was lost. He next was faced again by the Cat and the Fox whom had previously deceived him on multiple occasion. To this temptation he said "Begone, impostors! You took me in once, but you will never catch me again." Before Pinocchio saved his father he would have been fooled by these two villains, but he had finally seemed to have learned his lesson. As Pinocchio continues to worry about the health of his father he begins to make choice to which he would have never made previously to his many misfortunes. Pinnocchio admits that the talking cricket is right in his advice and apologizes for throwing the hammer at him. He begins to work and nurse his father back to health and begins to prove what he has learned in every single lesson he had faced previously in the book. It is at this point that the blue fairy decides Pinnochio is finally ready to become a real boy.