 Firstly he talks about his childhood, especially about his father whom he had a complicated relationship with, and about the aunts that reluctantly looked after him after his parents’ divorce.Then the story deals with war and his experiences about it, such as when he was present at an execution of men suspected of being partisans and at a conversation where someone was talking about a certain Redimisto Fabbri, whose rebellion of his factory workers wasn’t expected.After that he talks about his school life, saying how he loved literature and nature, and mentioned his university professor who considered his graduation thesis very convincing although with a completely incorrect form.