Best short summary on the two gentlemen of verona
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The author had his first acquaintance with the boys on the outskirts of verona. He bought their biggest basket of fruit. Later it was exposed that the boys were very hardworking and did a numerous jobs like selling fruits running errands taking city rounds etc and were of great help to the author. Author developed a curiosity about the boys background and asked them about it one night while they were waiting for last bus from padua. The elder brother was reluctant to reveal about their lifes and declined the ques regarding their future by saying "just plans, sir."
By now author had become affectionate towards them and wanted to pay them of their great help.
To this the lively jacopo revealed that every sunday they go to Poleta. And begged for a favour.
Though unwilling nicola accepted the offer and author drove them to their destination but was taken aback when the boys entered a large villa. He followed them and found it to be a hospital.
Their he had a talk with the nurse who told him everything about their family.
"they were left in rags after their well known father was killed, joined the agitation, came back found their sister ill and admitted her though it was beyond their affordability." They are able to pay the fee of the hospital timely the staff says.
The author did not intrude in the siblings reunion and kept his knowledge about their past a secret from them.
The author was deeply impressed and in the end quotes" their selfless action brought a new nobility to life... gave promise of greater hope to human society..
‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ is a beautiful and touching story of two small boys who worked really hard in the city of Verona. One day, the narrator met these boys in Verona. They were selling wild strawberries. When asked about their age and name, they told him that Nicola, the elder was 13 whereas Jacopo, the younger, was 12. Next day, the narrator found them doing ‘brisk business’ in shoe-shining.
When the narrator asked them the reason for changing their business, they told him that they did many things. For the next few days, the narrator found them shining shoes, selling fruits, hawking newspapers, conducting tourists round the town and so on. The narrator became eager to know why these children worked so hard.
He even realised that despite their hard work, they never spent any money on themselves. Their clothes were dirty and they usually ate black bread and figs. He teased them by asking them if they had plans to emigrate to America. To this, they replied in negative saying that they had other plans. Then Jacopo requested the narrator to help them reach Poleta, 30 km. from Verona. The narrator agreed and took them there the next afternoon.
In Poleta, they drew up at a large villa and rushed inside. He later came to know that it was a hospital where their sister, Lucia, was under treatment for tuberculosis of the spine. He asked the nurse about Lucia. She told the narrator that a bomb had destroyed their family and that these boys grew to hate the Germans.
After the war was over, there was peace all around. But not in the lives of these children as it was at this moment that they discovered that Lucia was suffering from the deadly disease. But after getting treatment, she was recovering. He was further informed that her brothers made the payments every week for her continued treatment. The narrator was touched by the devotion of the two boys. He could see a ray of hope for human society. Then all three of them came back to Verona.