The lucky one lira was given to Vitto for his seventh birthday by Luciano , a restaurant owner in Rocca Secca and a friend of his moms. Luciano explained that during the war, in a field in Greece he had found it and the coin had saved his life, it deflected a bullet heading directly at his heart. Vottorio accepted the coin, not knowing how it would impact his life. The 1927 dented one lire given to Vitto symbolized a life saving property of the coin! .

'We lost the battle and many of my friends were killed. It was like a bad dream. But that night, when I was sitting in my tent, I found a little hole in my shirt pocket, like a bullet hoe. Then I remembered the coin I had pecked up, and when I took it out of my pocket I saw the mark on the wing. That's when I realize

The quote illustrates what happened to Luciano and the lucky lira will further serve to protect Vittos life.

The lucky lira is again working its magic when Vittorio is ambushed by the older boys on the mountain and Fabrizio comes to his rescue, but in return Vitto betrays him 'and to know also that I had sunk so low in shame now that no magic or miracle could ever reclaim me.' (Vittorio pg128)

So in conclusion the coin is an intricate part of the novels plot.

Vitto becomes protective and further looses his innocence by doing the spell and getting into fights.

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