I'll try to disagree with you. Pietro is a handsome, goal-oriented man who wanted to show us that he is not only handsome, but also smart. There are no other reasons, so he got an academic degree. The whole intrigue was whether he would be able to use his external and intellectual qualities in those areas of social activity where there is a demand for something completely different.He failed. He did something he wanted to avoid. He relied on hard work, determination and honesty. He lost. He could have stepped back and simply changed something in himself, becoming stronger. It's always difficult. He chose the simply path, now he's a handsome man, from whom they expect photos with an erection. Pietro is handsome - that's a fact, he knows it too. He took the easy way out, although he could have become superior to himself. Now he will have to learn to do well what he did not want. But that's life, it happens often. There is no point in justifying him, he hardly needs it if he considers himself self-sufficient.