As a result, almost as a natural consequence, they become donkeys (in Italian culture, the donkey is symbolic of ignorance and stupidity). They never have to do any work or learn anything, and the graffiti on all the walls is proof of that.
Boys there play hide-and-seek, whistle, watch puppets in canvas theatres, play shuttlecock, bounce on balls, trundle hoops, and ride wooden horses. Boys are lured there by the promise of never having to go to school again and being able to spend their whole time having fun. The original take to the Land of Toys mixes the aspects of a morality tale with those of social critique. However, the truer and more sinister purpose of Pleasure Island is eventually revealed as it begins to physically transform the boys into donkeys, apparently by means of a curse.
Located in the fictional land of Cocagne (also referred to in the text as the Land of Boobies), Pleasure Island serves as a haven for wayward boys, allowing them to act as they please without recrimination. The size and nature of such location is unclear (the Disney adaptation depicts it as an amusement park, whereas the novel implies it is at least as large as a township) the ambiguity in the original name ( paese can mean country or land, but also town or village) adds to the confusion.
Pleasure Island is the name used in the Disney film adaptation of The Adventures of Pinocchio for the fictional location called Land of Toys ( Italian: Paese dei Balocchi) in the original novel. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article does not cite any references or sources.
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