The structure of the story of Pinocchio follows that of the folk-tales of peasants who venture out into the world but are naively unprepared for what they find, and get into ridiculous situations. At the time of the writing of the book, this was a serious problem, arising partly from the industrialization of Italy, which led to a growing need for reliable labour in the cities; the problem was exacerbated by similar, more or less simultaneous, demands for labour in the industrialization of other countries. One major effect was the emigration of much of the Italian peasantry to cities and to foreign countries, often as far away as South and North America.
The structure of the story of Pinocchio follows that of the folk-tales of peasants who venture out into the world but are naively unprepared for what they find and get into ridiculous situations At the time of the writing of the book this was a serious problem arising partly from the industrialization of Italy which led to a growing need for reliable labour in the cities; the problem was exacerbated by similar more or less simultaneous demands for labour in the industrialization of other countries One major effect was the emigration of much of the Italian peasantry to cities and to foreign countries often as far away as South and North America