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killing the man believed to have orchestrated the attacks against his father, Virgil Sollozzo, and a corrupt police captain paid by Sollozzo. Michael then travels to Sicily and doesn’t move up in the family for a while. Two years later, his brother Sonny Corleone, who was the acting head of the family after their father was injured, was shot in a phone booth. Michael then returns to America to help out with the family: he assumes Sonny’s role as his father’s heir apparent, a Vice President who steps

In this paper I will argue that in his film, The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola orchestrates the filmic elements (especially: editing and mise-en-scéne) to give the audience an intimate view of the complex world of a Mafia Don: Coppola's techniques sensitively portray the life and transformation of Michael Corleone; he leaves his status as a family outsider to become king of the underworld. Michael is the son of Vito Corleone, Don of the Corleone Crime Family1. The story of The Godfather is

passion and appetite, cheating on his wife. In the end, his recklessness got the better of him when he was ambushed in a toll booth. Tom Hagen is the opposite of Sonny. He is meek and outspoken on his words, mostly because he is the family lawyer. Being the family councillor, he is very diplomatic when dealing with the other families, which Sonny disliked at first. His cautious nature makes him an excellent adviser but most of his peers belittle him during wartime. B.

Characters: Vito(protagonist): The Godfather presents Vito as the paradigmatic Mafia don. He is wise and intelligent, an excellent reader of others’ intentions, and a smooth, subtle talker, able to convince with words, not only bullets. Though a ruthless, violent criminal, Vito is also a warm, loving father and husband. In his later years, Vito comes across as relaxed and playful, even mellow. He has lived a rich, full life and earned a quiet retirement. Vito is both the perfect father and the

Santino “Sonny” Corleone, the eldest child of the Corleone Mafia, pays a visit to his sister, Connie, and finds her in a state of distress. Her face was swollen and obviously beaten. Connie insists it was her fault her husband hit her. So, Sonny attempts to send a message to his brother-in-law, Carlo Rizzi, that Rizzi needs to stop abusing his sister, or Sonny will kill him. Rizzi did abuse Connie again. So, when Sonny hears about Rizzi abusing his sister, he is filled with rage. Sonny quickly gets

The Godfather PBL Ahmad Murrar   Acknowledgments To Mario Puzo, an American author and director. To a man that inspired two generations through his novels and movie series that portrayed the struggle of Italian families and their rise to power in the roaring Americas. Table of Contents Acknowledgement Page 2 Abstract Page 4 Summary Page 5-6 Research Introduction Page 7 Research Page 8-11 Conclusion Page 12 Reflections

III. Characters A. The Godfather Michael Corleone, the youngest son of Vito Corleone, initially doesn’t want to have anything to do with his family. He is apparently a law-abiding citizen and is evidently a war veteran. He seems to be a good-natured and tries to avoid identifying with Corleone activites, yet is fiercely loyal to his family, especially to his father. He is called by his peers as a civilian and refuses to acknowledge him as a criminal. Wnating to live an ordinary life was his choice

Hiroshima Death Match (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973) The five films in the "Battles without Honor and Humanity" series are Kenji Fuakasaku's magnum opus, of which "Hiroshima Death Match" is the most cult, particularly due to the participation of Sonny Chiba and Meiko Kaji. The film takes place both during the first film's story and shortly after it, and it focuses, apart from Hirono's story, on two new characters that eventually become adversaries. The first one is Yamanaka, a failed individual with a constant

death. This plan was organized carefully by Don Emilio Varzini with the help of Carlo Rizzi, his brother-in-law. Earlier in the film Sonny had beaten Carlo after he heard Carlo was abusing his sister Connie. To get back at him, Carlo viciously beats Connie using his belt. When Sonny hears of this he speeds to Connie’s apartment. As he approaches, Barzini’s men surround Sonny and viciously shoot him to death. This act was also thought out very cautiously by masterminds. Towards the end of the movie, the

My study looks at how all my texts are connected by portrayals of masculinity and conformity. All of these texts have main characters who struggle with the demands of masculinity and the pressures to conform to society’s view of masculinity. The texts that I am using are Foreskins Lament by Greg McGee, The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola, Kite Runner by and The Tomcat by James K Baxter. This interests me because I am a young man beginning my adult life and I feel a lot of pressure to conform to