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The paper illustrates how Vitto's peer relations (save for the sometimes sputtering friendship he strikes up with Fabrizio) are marred by bullying, recrimination, and by the threat of violence. On the other hand, the paper shows how Paddy's peer relations are much more collegial and act as a stand-in for what Paddy's dysfunctional home cannot provide him. The paper discusses how in a real sense, Vitto's life revolves around his mother; for his part, Paddy's life revolves around his friends. The paper brings out how these children are classic examples of embattled youngsters trying to find a refuge or safe-house in an inhospitable world.

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"The following paper will explore the peer relationships of Vittorio Innocente in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" and of Paddy Clarke in Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha". In so doing, what will become evident is that Vitto's peer relations (save for the sometimes sputtering friendship he strikes up with Fabrizio) are marred by bullying, recrimination, and by the threat of violence; simply stated, his various trials at the hands of other boys are Vitto's unhappy introduction to the destructive powers of the rumor-mongering and gossiping that have despoiled his mother's..."

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