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    families. This war ends up lasting for several years and costs many lives. The second conflict that is present in "The Godfather"‚ is the conflict of divergent ideas vs. his father’s ideas. Santino‚ "Sonny"‚ Corleone‚ demostrates this conflict by deciding to go against his father’s beliefs. Sonny feels that drugs are the thing of the future and he decides that if his father dies‚ he will make

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    Barzini and Tattaglia Families. This launches the family into a mob war as Vito’s best soldier‚ Luca Brasi‚ is murdered and an attempt to assassinate Vito are carried out by Sollozzo’s men. Vito survives the attempt but is badly hurt and as a result‚ Sonny temporarily takes control of the family. While visiting Vito in the hospital‚ Michael discovers that the guards who were hired to protect

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    The Godfather Part Ii

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    G Character List Analysis of Major Characters Vito Corleone The Godfather trilogy presents Vito as the paradigmatic Mafia don. When placed beside him‚ Barzini lacks class‚ Don Ciccio looks cruel and petty‚ and Don Fanucci is smalltime and brutish. Even Michael‚ despite his tremendous successes‚ loses in such a comparison‚ as he appears lacking in warmth and joie de vivre. It is unclear whether we are to believe Sollozzo’s words about Vito‚ that “the old man [is] slipping‚” but even if he is

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    nineteen year old girl who had a dream of becoming famous with her best friend Selena Gomez. As a child Demi and Selena made YouTube videos called “The Demi and Selena Show”. As she grew older she became more public to the people on a show called “Sonny with a Chance” and then started producing her own music. On November 1‚ 2010 Demi Lovato checked herself into a medical center to get professional help for anorexia and bulimia. I choose Demi as my role model because I have gone through some emotional

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    The Godfather Case Study

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    professional and expensive. The slow pace editing of this scene reinforces calmness and the control he has over the situation. Slide 5: As the scene progresses‚ it starts to intensify. When Don Vito stands‚ it cuts to a long shot where Tom Hagen and Sonny Corleone immediately stand‚ and cross the room. This gives the impression of rising to protect the Godfather in case of emergency‚ which shows how important Don Vito is. It also could be because Don Vito stood‚ so they have to treat him with respect

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    The God Father

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    Puzo‚ Mario. The Godfather. New York City: G.P. Putnam’s Sons‚ 1969 Characters   Don Vito Corleone: The Don of the most powerful Mafia family in New York City‚ Vito is a self made legend created with his wisdom and leadership skills. His only price to pay for favors is the return of people’s unwavering friendship. Although Vito is a violent man in the mob business he isn’t corrupt. His family morals are strong and his actions aren’t motivated by money but rather by what he thinks is right. In

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    Negotiation Analysis

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    to trade family safety and security for lucrative proposal. But the eldest son of the godfather‚ Sonny‚ made a grave mistake by asking a careless question that showed the Turk some hope to get his goals fulfilled. Subsequently the godfather faced death attack‚ where the Turk was involved. His motive was to end life of the godfather and reopening of the negotiation with new in-charge of the empire Sonny. But the avenging son of godfather‚ Michael‚ murdered the Turk and

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    with his brother Sonny. At the end of the story‚ the narrator finally gained trust‚ to trust his brother on making his own decision on making jazz music. One of the parts of the text that I relate to was when the narrator and Sonny talk about why Sonny is so interested in making jazz music‚ and that Sonny’s favorite jazz musician is Charlie Parker. Another of the text that related to was when the narrator’s mother talks to the narrator about taking care and watching out for Sonny‚ if something was

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    The Godfather Analysis

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    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

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    SUMMARY AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS PART 1: Vito is portrayed as a man who is looking for friendship in return for his services‚ a man who is happy on the day of his daughter’s wedding and is also hearing to people’s requests. He is shown as a loving and caring father and a husband to his family. Vito’s youngest son‚ Michael is a celebrated war hero who comes to the wedding with his girlfriend. Vito’s godson Johnny Fontane‚ a popular singer‚ pleads for help to secure a coveted movie role‚ so Vito dispatches

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