A Bronx Tale Comparison

Sonny was the third child that Henrietta had with Day and life for him was always hard. While going through a rough patch his only income was from a food stamp ring he ran out of his brother Lawrence’s convenience store; eventually he found himself in jail for narcotics/drug trafficking.

The narrator always wanted the best for his younger brother Sonny. Sonny from the beginning of the story has a hard history of using drugs, ending up in jail, and not finishing school. Once both of their parents had passed, the

The narrator experienced a lot of problems throughout his life but managed to emerge victoriously from most of them. Even with this, he needs to support Sonny because this was his mother's dying wish. "The death of the narrator's daughter, Sonny's failure to fit in with his own family, a stint in the navy all serve to alienate the brothers, even after their mother made the narrator promise to keep an eye on young Sonny" (Smith 22). The fact that they were born in a harsh environment, society's views in regard to their racial background, and the fact that they experienced a lot of hardships during their lives all had a severe effect on the personalities of each of the brothers.

When Calogero was nicknamed “C” by sonny he took on a lot more responsibility. As stated in the movie, Calogeros dad told Sonny, you made him grow up to fast. Calogero became more of a teleological ethical system when he became “C”. He judged the consequences of the act of telling the truth to the police. Even a bad act, if it results in good consequences, can be defined as good under a theological system”. (Pollock, 2012: 25). Calogero and his friends became different when Sonny came into the picture. They kind of went separate ways because Sonny was always taking Calogero away. As C grows up and becomes a teenager, socialization occurs. Resocialization is radically

There are many minor characters in The Godfather due to the Corleone family’s immense size and intricate relationships with other crime families and policemen. The first Don mentioned in the book, Michael’s father Vito Corleone, was minor character. Sonny Corleone was the successor to the Don because he was his son, he was the most qualified of the Don’s sons to take over the business and he did so until he was murdered a short while after in a phone booth. Michael and Sonny had one other blood brother, Fredo Corleone, who doesn’t play a big role in the family. Fredo was with the Don when he was shot and went into shock; to protect

In this Italian neighborhood, where Calogero grew up, there were many different dynamics. His father was a bus driver for the city, and always looked out for his son not to get into trouble. One of the main deviant influences in the film was an Italian mafia that

Feminism and gender roles play a huge role in our everyday lives, even if you do not quite notice right away. It can be anything from men having more power than women in, work areas, or political equality. It can be seen in stories, movies even newspaper articles to this day. One story in particular is Cinderella by the Grimm Brothers (1857). This essay will provide an in-depth look of feminism and how it is seen in the story such as; not being able to choose your own husband in certain situations, to women have to wear tight clothing, and the most obvious women not having the power men do.

Charles Dickens utilizes doubles and contrasts to enhance the plot of Dickens uses parallels in characters, social classes, and events that compliment each other to strengthen the plot. Its themes of violence in revolutionaries, resurrection, and sacrifice also help support the story.

The two stories of “Cinderella” are “Tam and Cam”; and “The twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted by Alexander Chodzko. These stories have similar ways in portraying the hard working Cinderella including her suffering, but they are different in Cinderella’s motive of rescue one tale use violence if necessary; the other just more of a genuine resourceful approach. This means this character isn’t relying on a prince charming to be her rescue, so this makes the concept different from the other because “Tam and Cam” Cinderella lives forever happy with her lover, while “The twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted lives by herself and then a farmer she likes shows up. These tales went for a more sophisticated setting, each displaying the peasant overcoming the struggle; in which she is set free from all of her hurting. Throughout each story Cinderella is taking and caring she always seemed to get the short end of the stick. But, when the odds back fired on the step-sisters and step-mother the karma was naturally set upon to benefit Cinderella in her favor “Tam and Cam” or set in motion by her as payback to get even with her rival characters of a family in “The twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted lives.

The story, Sonny’s Blues, describes the lives of two brothers growing up in Harlem in the early 1960’s. Sonny and his brother are different in the way the go about life in general. They were both raised in the same household, yet they grew up to be totally different people. As the story progresses we see that both brothers have troubles in their lives and we get to see how each thinks and acts when facing such ordeals. While the brothers differ in the way they internalize and cope with their problems, they both show selfish characteristics, but ultimately feel remorseful for not being in each others’ lives.

The story that most of us know as “Cinderella” actually has a lot of different versions. These different versions contain several elements that are similar, but yet even more elements that differ from one another. The three main difference between all the different versions of this story are the characters, how others treat the main character, and the setting in which these stories take place.

Furthermore, Sonny's individualism is a direct result of his unhappiness with conventional life. As a young man, Sonny is unable to get along with his father. He hates his home and school. His creative interest leads him to become isolated from his brother, who feels threatened by "his jazz-oriented life style and his continued attraction to Greenwich Village" (Albert 179). By the beginning of the story, Sonny has rejected his family and his home, constructing a new life as a musician and drug peddler in a new location foreign to the narrator.

Now about the boys in the car. Those boys were Calogero’s friends. They were boys he grew up with his whole life. That night Calogero was in the car but knew something was wrong. Just before he was about to throw away everything he had all the talent he possessed, Sonny pulled him out. At the time Calogero was angry but knew something was going to happen if he had stayed in that car. Sonny had saved his life. Calogero was horrified he had lost his friends but happy that he could live another day. Every day after that night Calogero used his talent and did great things for being a boy from the Bronx.

A Bronx Tale depicts the everyday occurrences that used to happen in my neighborhood, in exception with the racism that occurred throughout the movie. The shootouts between gangs, and the drug dealers in the corner stores and also the respected/well known individual of the neighborhood all this used to happen in my neighborhood. The movie takes place during the 1960’s, a time where the civil rights movement was still occuring. Its setting takes place in Bronx, New York in a Fordham neighborhood which is populated by people of Italian Decent. Sonny the gangster of a mob is feared throughout the streets but also respected and looked up to. Calogero the son of a bus driver, who lived next to the bar that sonny always hanged out in, always used to copy all the moves and gestures that sonny did. One day Calogero witnessed sonny shooting a man in front of his house. When questioned by detectives and told to point out the shooter, he didn’t point out sonny. After that Calogero from a young age became sort of sonny’s right hand. Although many events happen throughout the movie, sociological forces and ideas are present in the movie. Forces that are shown include the groups that exist in this neighborhood, the micro- macro dynamics of the society that Calogero is living in, sociological imagination, and most importantly a problem between races. The sociological forces are needed in order to drive and

In the film, A Bronx Tale (1993) directed by Robert De Niro, the character Calogero Anello played by Lilo Brancato, demonstrates cinematic language. The cinematic language uses various visual codes in cinematic storytelling to convey the meaning of a film. The components of cinematic storytelling are portrayed through various techniques such as, camera movement, mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound, editing, and etc. within a film’s frame to help tell the story. The main character Calogero faces many obstacles throughout the film, but they mostly result in a battle of trying to receive acceptance from his father, Lorenzo Anello played by Robert De Niro. Through the course of the film, the director accordingly uses the setting of the film to create a vivid atmosphere in the Bronx, New York. The costumes and design of the characters attribute to the believable lifestyle of an Italian mobster in 1960. Lastly, Robert De Niro also uses other cinematic elements such as sound to compose the character’s journey as Calogero changes from a young boy to a young adult.