Being Mario, that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there wasn't enough food to put on the table, and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life, of the value of tradition, thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American, of the kind of clean life America had offered, of his gratitude, of his feeling for his father who'd made this giant move at such cost to himself, who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves.
Being Mario, that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there wasn't enough food to put on the table, and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life, of the value of tradition, thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American, of the kind of clean life America had offered, of his gratitude, of his feeling for his father who'd stood still at such cost to himself, who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves.