Question: Why do you think Scipio acts like an adult, or acts as if he is older than he’s age? What situation is he in that causes him to act this way? Why do you suppose that he wants to grow up so fast?
Scipio has characteristic of being mature and brilliant, full of bright ideas and even a little conceited in front of his group of friends. He acts as a leader and not like a child, but someone who’s older than his age. I think this is because he seeks for opportunities and places where he can take a lead and act like someone who is important. Scipio’s father is very strict and cannot seem to pay attention or give a care for his son. Scipio feels unimportant, and careless like a child, which causes him to think that he wants to grow up fast and become someone important so that people would pay attention to him. Watching his father do all the important works, he would naturally want to become someone older who can take on a real job that is exciting. This is the reason why when Scipio is around his group of friends, he wants to work as a big figure (almost imitating his father), someone who spotlight is put on all the time. I think that if Scipio’s father took a better care of him and treated him fairly respecting his views and opinions, Scipio would not have felt so small and gotten to be so proud and conceited.
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When I read the questions, I thought why would anyone try to be older because I don't want to grow up. But after I read the answers I understood why Scipio wants to grow up. Like Scipio, I think it would be great to be in the spotlight.
I've watched a movie "Thief Lord" which is inspired from this book. I didn't know that there was a book version of "Thief Lord", but I should try it sometime. You should try the movie too. It would be fun to watch a movie that you already read from its book.
I think, like you do, Scipio wants to be mature very much . It is interesting to see how peoples' desire interacts a lot with their circumstances and atmosphere like Scipio's case.
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