Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino
Today is an important date in Italy because we remember an Italian hero who was killed by a criminal organization called COSA NOSTRA 28 years ago. His name is Giovanni Falcone.
His friend Paolo Borsellino and him were two brave magistrates who dedicated their lives to fight COSA NOSTRA. They created "il pool Antimafia" and carried out important investigations with the arrest of hundreds of criminals. They strongly believed that their Sicily was a land full of honest people and that COSA NOSTRA could be won.
But COSA NOSTRA retaliated by killing both in the same year. I was a young girl in that year, I attended high school, and I perfectly remember these days and the feeling of anger and indignation that I felt. Everyone in my generation remembers what he was exactly doing the moment he heard the news of the killing! And after these days everything changed, every Italian has gained awareness that the example of these two men could really defeat COSA NOSTRA. Every year, on this day, there are events involving children and young people.
Today it was a different May 23, without parades. There were no squares full of students but there are people in the balconies of the house singing the Italian anthem together.
And then, many white sheets to wave in the balconies, as happened a few days after the massacre, when in Palermo the citizens filled the city with white to shout no to the MAFIA.
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Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino
Today is an important date in Italy because we remember an Italian hero who was killed by a criminal organization called COSA NOSTRA, 28 years ago. His name is Giovanni Falcone.
Falcone and his friend Paolo Borsellino were two brave magistrates who dedicated their lives to fight COSA NOSTRA. They created "il pool Antimafia" and carried out important investigations leading to the arrest of hundreds of criminals. They strongly believed that their Sicily was a land full of honest people and that COSA NOSTRA could be defeated.
Unfortunately (nonetheless, even so), COSA NOSTRA retaliated by killing them both in the same year. I was a young girl at the time, attending (or going to) high school, and I remember these days perfectly as well as the feeling of anger and indignation that I felt. Everyone in my generation remembers what he* was doing at exactly the moment he heard the news of the killing! Moreover, since these days everything has changed, every Italian has gained awareness that the example of these two men could really defeat COSA NOSTRA. Every year, on this day, there are events involving children and young people.
Today it was a different May 23, without parades. There were no squares full of students but there are people on the balconies of their houses singing the Italian anthem together.
And then, there were many white sheets to wave from the balconies, as happened a few days after the massacre, when in Palermo the citizens filled the city with white to shout no to the MAFIA.
Anna, thanks for writing about this. One of the highlights of my visit to Palermo last year was a 3-hour tour with Addio Pizzo, where I learned about Falcone and the courageous struggle of the people of Palermo.
*A comment on the use of "he" here. I personally would have written "what they were doing." I didn't change it in your text because my use is considered controversial; there are still many people who would argue that it is an ungrammatical use of "they." Some would write "what he or she was doing," which I find artificial and unwieldy.
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Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino
Today is an important day in Italy, because we remember an Italian hero who was killed by a criminal organization called Cosa Nostra 28 years ago; his name is Giovanni Falcone. He and his friend Paolo Borsellino were two brave magistrates who dedicated their lives to fight Cosa Nostra. They created "il pool Antimafia" and carried out important investigations, with the arrest of hundreds of criminals. They strongly believed that Sicily was a land full of honest people, and that the fight against Cosa Nostra could be won.
But Cosa Nostra retaliated, by killing both magistrates in the same year. I was a young girl, and was attending high school at the time. I remember those days and the feeling of anger and indignation that I felt. Everyone in my generation, remembers what they were doing the moment they heard the news of the killing! After their deaths, everything changed, every Italian gained an awareness from their example, that Cosa Nostra could be defeated.
Every year on this day, there are events that involve children and young people. Today it was a different May 23, without parades. There were no squares full of students, but there were people on their balconies of their houses singing the Italian anthem together. Then, many white sheets were waved from the balconies, as happened a few days after the massacre, in Palermo, where citizens filled the city with white, as a sign to the Mafia.
All in all Anna, this was very well written! I had to add commas (,) in several places to help with sentence flow. Additionally, I had to re-write some sentences, so they would flower better grammatically. Also, note that in English, it is not always a good idea to start a sentence with the word "and". The word "and" is usually used in a sentence to combine thoughts or ideas together in the same sentence. With some exceptions "and" can be used at the beginning of a sentence, but not typically. Overall though, you did a great job! If you have any questions, please let me know! Sono uno studente che studia lingua e cultura italiana, e sono a conoscenza del lavoro di Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino. Che grandi uomini devono essere stati, è un peccato che siano stati uccisi così come erano. Vorrei che potessero essere ancora in giro oggi, non molte persone (diverse dagli italiani) ne sono a conoscenza e che cosa rappresentavano; Vorrei che più studenti di lingua e cultura italiana come me lo conoscessero.
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Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino
Today is an important date in Italy when we remember an Italian hero who was killed by a criminal organization called COSA NOSTRA 28 years ago. His name is Giovanni Falcone.
His friend, Paolo Borsellino, and he were two brave magistrates who dedicated their lives to fight COSA NOSTRA. They created "il pool Antimafia" and carried out important investigations with the arrest of hundreds of criminals. They strongly believed that their Sicily was a land full of honest people and that COSA NOSTRA could be defeated.
But COSA NOSTRA retaliated by killing both in the same year. I was a young girl that year attending high school, and I perfectly remember those days and the feeling of anger and indignation that I felt. Everyone in my generation remembers exactly what he was doing the moment he heard the news of the killing! And after that day everything changed, every Italian became aware that the example of these two men could really defeat COSA NOSTRA. Every year, on this day, there are commerative events involving children and young people.
Today it is different; May 23, without parades. There are no squares full of students but there are people in the balconies of the house singing the Italian anthem together.
And then, many white sheets wave in the balconies, as happened a few days after the massacre, when Palermo citizens filled the city with white to shout "No!" to the MAFIA.
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