Law of contrappasso

Steve was a scholar of Dante Alighieri that he has loved from childhood when his mother, Ludovica, born in Florence read after the sleep a chant of Divine Comedy; whereby he loved the Italian Medieval poetries and above all Dante. He was professor in a University and was estimated very much, also in Europe, he was e reserved person and never has searched success, actually he avoid parties or meeting, is it was necessary to jobs; and also during these meets he was set in reserved chair, distant from colleagues, in fact sometime somebody asked. “Steve what do think about this question?”, he raised the eyes and: “I agree, much compliment”, and the same person explained: “We are speaking about the fail of millions and we don’t know how we can gain other, how we can regain these millions?”, he got up and called phone his brother, Robert, a true genius of finance, and when Robert has given some advice the problem was solved, the meet was ended and he gone away and very happy, because he could goes back home and read his poetries. One thousand of times he has thought of written a biography on Dante and medieval poetry but he was discouraged from immense bibliography, thereupon he left this idea. During a night he dreamed his mother that said. “Instead written a treaty on medieval time why you don’t write about yourself, your biography, fro example. He awaked soon and seated to computer and begun to write his autobiography, his birth, his childhood and adolescence and maturity, he was not married; therefore written that he is born in New York, and attended private school, above all religious school, he was also atheist; he tool about the first love that was a Cecco Angiollieri, a medieval Italian poetry, Cavalcanti, naturally Dante and the medieval culture; after he reserved a chapter to his character, more reserved, discreet, almost asocial, he used the computer alone to write and his faithful friends were the books alone, he loved repeat mentioning Xenophon that the discourse of historical men is with died. After then days he finally ended this book that he wanted alone published on internet; he was very amused from this new experience, a man whose nobody known something now could show his live to everybody, it is new experience and above all very curious, he was very excited, and he has forgotten also his discretion. A technical in University explained to him how he have to make to insert his biography on internet, naturally he shammed to understand, but the technic understood that he didn’t understand and thereupon took the biography and inserted it on internet. After some days from this insertion Steve gone out home and, while he gone on street noted that much person gazed him and somebody approached to him has asked: “Are you Steve”, and he answered: “Yes why know I you?”, and other: “No certainly but I wanted know you, excuse me can I make a photo with you?”, and Steve amazed: “Yes”; this success after a month was become normal, everybody wanted a selfie, some word and greet; the then days usually consideration, but occurred that a person than Steve thought of have seen  passed on street, he pursued him and he gone in front of this person, and asked: “I know you”, and the person: “Yes but my name is secret”, and Steve asked: “It is useless because you are Dante Alighieri, I have seen your fake home in Florence, because I have studied and have reached my master in Florence; whereby I know you”; while he spoke to Dante around the citizens are stopped as statues, every movement was stopped, unique voices were of Steve and Dante in all city. Steve scared asked: “Why they are stopped?” and Dante answered: “Do have read my Comedy?”, and Steve: “I keep all it in my mind”, and Dante: “ Do you know law of contrappasso, this is the law that reserve a pain contrary to vices of sinners in hell?”, and Steve: “Yes, I know perfectly it”, and Dante: “Good because you are convicted to celebrity, and the general acknowledge, god fortune”, and he gone away; while the citizens continued ask selfie, and advices.

Alessandro Lusana