ANSWER: from a tale in the Decameron is selfish because he puts his own desires before the needs of his family.
Gualtieri is the character from the story, The Decameron, who is selfish. Instead of thinking about the needs of his family, he put his own desires first. However, in the story, it is emphasized that the desires and the tolerance of women are actually greater than that of men.
I'm really good at this but on number 1: it makes the sentence sound interesting. I know I did not help but I just want to give you an idea.
There are a couple points that are significant about the boy finding his own drawings in the chest.
The chest was long the repository of things important to his mother. Finding his drawings in there showed him how his mother felt about him. He had created something that his mother deemed so important that she could not throw away.
The chest was also the repository of old things, things from the past. By finding his drawings in there, it was proof that his childhood was over, a thing from the past.
