The
first layer was the outer layer of the
piece of wood that Pinocchio was carved from.
The second layer was the donkey flesh
that the fish ate off of Pinocchio, essentially ‘carving’ the
puppet back to his original form
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When
the Blue Fairy magically turns Pinocchio into a real
boy, his
puppet self is described as yet another layer that
the puppet sheds -- this time,
the final layer.
Pinocchio wonders:
"And the old Pinocchio
of wood, where could he have gone to hide?" Geppetto responds:
"There he is over there"
The puppet is de-souled
in the end, as he is described as being "propped up against
a chair." But
the new Pinocchio has the same 'soul' as the first. The supposed
transformation seems a little superficial in this light.
As has been investigated
in these pages, there is much evidence of Pinocchio's humanity throughout
his adventures as a puppet. |
