Clash Of Civilizations Over An Elevator In Piazza Vittorio

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In “Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” most of the native born citizens often dislike the immigrants and blame them when things go wrong. Some of the characters say that they’re not racist but that they hate immigrants. They also try to blame the immigrants for the murder.

In the story Elisabetta’s dog is kidnapped and she doesn’t know who did it. At first she tries to blame the Chinese for taking her dog. She wants the Italian authorities to cut off diplomatic relations with china and the owners of Chinese restaurants to be put in jail. Then she decides that all that was not enough and wants China kicked out of the UN. This is just one example of how a character in the book shows a strong hatred

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