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The artwork is very stark. It is dark using a lamp or a small source of light to play with the shadows. An immigrant family lost their mother and their father is sick. Peppe looks all over for a job and finally finds one lighting the lamps. His father thinks it’s a horrible job and he is ashamed of Peppe. It’s the illness talking. One night Peppe is so ashamed of his job now, that he doesn’t light the lamps. His sister is not home. His father begs him to light the lamps so the young girl can find her way home. So Peppe lights the lamps. It’s a tough story. Immigrant stories are tough.

One aspect of the story that touched me was that when Peppe first gets his job, he sends up a prayer for each lamp he lights. It’s a beautiful practice. That’s making the mundane sacred is what that is. The artwork is oppressive in some ways, but it does have its beauty. It's not really beautiful, except it's darkness, but it's powerful in it's truth.

The niece thought this was a sad tale and it made her feel sad even though there was a nice ending. She gave this 3 stars. She asked if people had to live like that and yes, many people did and still do. The nephew thought this was long. It was too serious for him and he said it could have been funnier. I told him it wasn’t supposed to be funny and he shrugged. He gave this 2 stars.