Just like the prisoners in the cave, in Socrates' allegory of the cave, Clerici was uneducated and gullible enough to be influenced by the shadows, or veil of what was considered normal (definitely not child abuse or homosexuality), presented by the puppeteers. Over the course of the movie, it became apparent that Clerici's next cause of failure entailed the motivation of his actions by other peoples' norms. ... Italo cited Colonnello's reason for liking Clerici as Colonnello liking people similar to himself, who were not different. ...

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