marcin
(Marcin)
#1
with cristiani [people] on one side and
nimali [animals] on the other, in terms that
corrode satirically Levi’s distinction. The
people are those official characters,
corrupted, hypocritical, and profiteering,
sharks, which represent conservative
liberalism, rampant clericalism, oppressive
Fascism, opportunism, “big shots,” “spies,”
“priests,” “politicians,” eternal enemies of
the people. Even if Creazzo ultimately
displays a revolutionary attitude that is
linked to the anarchist bent of his ideology,
his credo remains nevertheless tied to a
certain cultural tradition of the region
which, as the only solution to its problems,
turns to private or collective vengeance
“with violence and with the knife.” So that
his ideological message ultimately appears
almost dated. Not so, instead, his moral
message centering on the allegories of the