...Composition 2 1 April 2016 Symbolism in Godfather Death From a young age most children have heard or read fables, not just for entertainment, but also for life lessons that their elders want them to know. Symbolism in fables is not only a great way to keep readers and listeners interested, but also to teach a lesson in a not so literal and harsh manner. Symbolism is used to state an underlying meaning in a story. Readers and listeners learn the lessons from the mistakes made by the protagonist of the work. There is always a lesson to be learned in a fable, the lesson may not be clearly stated but the symbolism of the work makes the reader realize the lesson that is being portrayed. Fables often have characters that aren’t human but possess human traits. The Grimm Brothers perfectly included symbolism in the short story “Godfather Death.” A father had a thirteenth child, who he could not afford because he was already so poor to begin with. Thirteen is an unlucky number in a lot of cultures. This shows the symbolism right in the beginning of the story. The father of the thirteenth child chose death to be the godfather of that child; he chose death because death does not discriminate between rich and poor, religion, or race. The father surpassed God as the godfather because he doesn’t disperse of wealth evenly. The father also denied the Devil to be the godfather because the devil tricks men and leads them astray from the right things in life. Death ends up taking everyone in the end...
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...The God Father death is a modern tale of the seven deadly sins. This story is of a poor man with twelve children. He can barely afford to provide for these children when his wife conceives a thirteenth child. This can be related to gluttony, the overindulgence in anything. Upon the birth of this thirteenth child, the poor man figures out that if he can secure a good godfather for the child then the child will be well off. The man is now looking for someone to be the godfather for his new child. After he turns down God and the devil for the job, he chooses Death to be the child’s godfather. Death promises the man wealth and fame for his child. This is a sign of greed. Because of his godfather, the child grows up to become a world renowned physician. He has wealth and fame. Death has given the doctor specific orders in who he could save with his medicine and who he could not. The doctor has been obeyed the rules of Death. One day the king becomes ill and the famous doctor is summoned. Death decides that the doctor cannot help the king with his medicine, but the doctor helps the king anyway. He did this because of the wealth and fame that he would get for helping the king. This is greed. Death forgives the doctor, but warns him not to disobey him again. Then the king’s daughter gets sick. She is very beautiful, and the doctor wants her hand in marriage. This is lust. Death decides that the daughter cannot be saved. The doctor saves her anyway. This makes Death angry. So the...
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...Summary of Godfather Death – Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm In this tale, the poor man has twelve children and he has to work very hard day and night in order to get enough food for them to eat. And here come the 13th child came he did not know what to do so he wants to seek help and so he asked for a Godfather for his son. The journey began. His first encounter is with God, who he turns down because he did not understand how wisely God shares and he believes that God is unfair. Next, he meets the Devil, who he also turns down because Devil tricks people. Finally, he chooses Death to become his son’s godfather because Death does not discriminate against any man or woman. When the boy grew older, Death made his godson a famous doctor by showing him an herb that would allow him to save any patient. Though, this act came with conditions; his godson was to administer the herb to those that Death stood by the head of. However, if Death stood by the feet of a patient, his godson was to claim that there was nothing he could do and allow them to die and if he went against the will of Death, there would be severe consequences. The godson became very famous after following these conditions, but one day he chose to ignore Death’s decision and give the herb to a dying king. Death forgave him because he was his godson, but gave him a warning. Time passed until the king’s daughter became ill. Once again, the godson ignored the will of Death and gave her the herb. With this decision, Death said that...
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...THE GODFATHER INDIVIDUAL & GROUP BEHAVIOUR IN ORGANIZATIONS PRANITA BUBNA (A013) VEER JHA (A027) SHIPRA JHA(A029) VIKRAM KAUSHAL (A034) MOHAK MITTAL (A040) RAGHVENDRA (A045) MOHIT SUD ( A059) RITU YADAV (A063) GROUP #7 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction and summary of the book …………………………………………..2 2. Statement of Objectives of the Study.....…………………………………………..2 3. Method of Study ..…………………………………………………………………..2 4. Chapter wise summary and critical analysis...……………………………………3 5. Theoretical framework & Relating to practical aspects..………………………..5 6. Learning and Conclusion ...............……………………….……………………….7 7. Group Working and Team Roles…………………………………………………..8 8. References...................................................................................................................12 Page 1 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY The Godfather, written in 1969, by a renowned Italian-American author, Mario Puzo, is based on the organized crimes that New York witnessed post World War II. The book opens with the wedding of Connie Corleone, daughter of Don Vito 'The Godfather' Corleone, head of the most powerful of the five great Mafia clans or 'families' of New York. He is a paradigmatic mafia don. Don Corleone is shot at by a new contender for power in the city, Virgil 'the Turk' Sollozzo, who plans to obtain power by the lure of vast profits in the drug trafficking trade. In Don Vito’s absence, his elder son Santino Corleone assumes the responsibility of the don to...
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...On the day of his only daughter's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the Don of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, Michael, in a Marine Corps uniform, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the sprawling reception. Vito's godson Johnny Fontane, a popular singer, pleads for help in securing a coveted movie role, so Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to influence the abrasive studio head, Jack Woltz. Woltz is unmoved until the morning he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion. Shortly before Christmas 1945, drug baron Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, backed by the Corleones' rivals, the Tattaglias, asks Vito for investment in the emerging drug trade and protection through his political connections. Vito disapproves of drug dealers, so he sends his enforcer, Luca Brasi, to spy on them. The family then receives two fish wrapped in Brasi's vest, imparting that he "sleeps with the fishes". An assassination attempt by Sollozzo's men lands Vito in the hospital, so his eldest son, Sonny, takes command. Sollozzo kidnaps Hagen to pressure Sonny to accept his deal. Michael thwarts a second assassination attempt on his father at the hospital; his jaw is broken by Police Captain McCluskey, who is also Sollozzo's bodyguard. Sonny retaliates for the attacks on his father by having Tattaglia's son killed. Michael comes up with a plan to hit Sollozzo and McCluskey: on the pretext of settling...
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...chronologically. I shall be writing about two other ingredients of literature found within the stories “Godfather Death” by The Brothers Grimm and “A&P” by John Updike, universally identified as protagonist and antagonist. Primarily, I will be identifying and analyzing the protagonists and antagonists of both stories according to Kennedy’s and Gioia’s definition of the terms. According to them, the definition of a protagonist is: the principle person who thrives” and an antagonist is “a character who opposes and interferes with the protagonist as he seek his objectives”. In the first story, “Godfather Death”, the protagonist is the doctor. Even though the doctor is the protagonist, there were multiple actions taken by him,...
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...Here, the Italian experience has been portrayed as a struggle to merge his old religious beliefs with the flop of his faith to afford and maintain any success and improvement in his life and that of other immigrants. This experience is one of the hurdles to be overcome. Such include the new American culture, different language, getting a job, the influence of religion on family values, as shown by Geremio, Paul's father who is a very religious man. The experience is one where a family solely depends on one member as the sole breadwinner, as the family in context depended on Geremiountil his death as the building he was working on collapsed on Good...
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...The Godfather (1972) The Godfather by Mario Puzo, is a world acclaimed piece of work. Not only did the book win in many ways but the movie is also a trendsetter in its own right. The Godfather trilogy to this day is considered the best trilogy of its times. The saga carefully and intimately inspects ups and downs and psychology of the Corleone family and the main thing, fears and the insecurities that each character possesses and how they compel them to behave in the way they do. The movie was not only popular for its artwork, but also for its major elements used in film, e-g cinematography and music. The cinematography is done in really nice way which filled up with the magnificent scenes and shots, each one of them are unique and memorable. From the silent opening of Bonasera’s plea to Don Corleoneto the tense close up of Michael’s face just before he kills, Sollozzo and McCluskey to the eventual doomed closing shot. The movie is filled with artistic flair. The cinematography in general of Godfather is very realistic and perfect. The use of contrast, of playing with light and darkness put a very realistic impression on audience. Many of the interiors, including Don Coleone’s office, are bathed in darkness. Characters move in and out of the light and are often partially obscured by darkness. Famously, Marlon Brando’s face was lighted from the ceiling down for creating high contrasting shadows over his eyes, which made him more ambiguous in his thoughts, because his eyes were...
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...Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England 2nd Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN-10: 0-582-41787-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-41787-8 First published in Great Britain by Random House UK Ltd 1969 This adaptation published by Penguin Books 1998 Published by Addison Wesley Longman Limited and Penguin Books Ltd. 1998 New edition first published 1999 7 9 10 8 Original copyright © Mario Puzo 1969 Adaptation copyright © Chris Rice 1998 Photographs copyright © Paramount reproduced by courtesy of The Ronald Grant Archive All rights reserved Typeset by Digital Type, London Set in ll/14pt Bembo Printed in China SWTC/07 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd, both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc For a complete list of titles available in the Penguin Readers series please write to your local Pearson Education office or contact: Penguin Readers Marketing Department, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE. Contents page iv Wedding on Long Island The Greatest Racehorse in the World Virgil Sollozzo Sicilian Message Seeds of Revenge Nothing Personal Apollonia A Bridge Too Far A Good American Wife 1 6 9 15 20 25 31 34...
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...“THE GODFATHER IS A STAGGERING TRIUMPH...THE DEFINITIVE NOVEL ABOUT A SINISTER FRATERNITY OF CRIME...” --Saturday Review “YOU CAN’T STOP READING IT, AND YOU’LL FIND IT HARD TO STOP DREAMING ABOUT IT!” --New York Magazine THE GODFATHER THE GODFATHER Mario Puzo Copyright © Mario Puzo 1969 All rights reserved For Anthony Cleri THE GODFATHER BOOK I Behind every great fortune there is a crime. --BALZAC Chapter 1 Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her. The judge, a formidably heavy-featured man, rolled up the sleeves of his black robe as if to physically chastise the two young men standing before the bench. His face was cold with majestic contempt. But there was something false in all this that Amerigo Bonasera sensed but did not yet understand. “You acted like the worst kind of degenerates,” the judge said harshly. Yes, yes, thought Amerigo Bonasera. Animals. Animals. The two young men, glossy hair crew cut, scrubbed clean-cut faces composed into humble contrition, bowed their heads in submission. The judge went on. “You acted like wild beasts in a jungle and you are fortunate you did not sexually molest that poor girl or I’d put you behind bars for twenty years.” The judge paused, his eyes beneath impressively thick brows flickered slyly toward the sallow-faced Amerigo Bonasera, then lowered to a stack of probation reports...
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... One of the greatest movies ever made is by far The Godfather. The film tells about poverty, the turn of the century, a family, and the hierocracy of politics in America. Being the first film that brought the real-life Cosa Nostra and Mafia to reality on the screen; it gave the public and viewers a new awareness and insight into the life of gangsters through the lens of organized crime. The term “Mafia” meaning Cosa Nostra or “our thing” was brought to the U.S with the migration of many Italians from Sicily in 1914. Many Italians turned to the Mafia life as a way of functioning as an alternate to the state, with its own “rights, treaties, and problems” (History.com).I believe that the film The Godfather is an amazing film in history because behind its gangster plot, is a classic story of an American family tracing its journey from immigration and poverty to assimilation and success. In filming the movie The Godfather, America and all the people were experiencing a time of turmoil and change. Accurately depicting the Sicilian-American experience of migration to America, speaks to many others who can relate to the immigration communities everywhere. A main quote used throughout this film is “its business, not personal” (Bruno) Used multiple times, the meaning of why it’s used is simply stated: “They do this in part to hide from the public the violent reality of what they do” (Bruno). The business that Don “Vito” and his son Michael are wrapped in is, the life of the...
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...The Godfather Part II The Godfather Part II is the fiction movie that I have selected to describe the parties’ perceptions, the obstacles impeding resolution and how it might have been handled to a more satisfying resolution by using effective conflict resolution concepts (communication skills, Getting To Yes principles, TRIP goals). In this specific conflict, Michael Corleone has secured the head position in the family, and attempts to expand the family empire into Las Vegas and Cuba. The Corleone family no longer resides in New York. They have moved to Nevada where they are obtaining an influential reputation with the vague goal of some day becoming "legitimate." With Nevada Senator Pat Geary, Michael Corleone discusses the terms of a fourth state gaming license for the Corleone family, but the two only trade insults and demand payoffs. Michael: This is my lawyer, Tom Hagen; Senator Geary. He's the one who arranged this whole thing through your man Turnbull. Senator: Yes -- Yes. Senator: Well uh, it's perfectly all right with me, but I should tell you that I am a blunt man and I intend to speak very frankly to you -- maybe -- more frankly than anyone in my position's ever spoke to you before. The Corleone family has done very well here in Nevada. You own, or, you control, two major hotels in Vegas -- one in Reno. The licenses were grandfathered in, so there is no problem with the gaming commission. Now, my sources tell me that -- you plan to make a move...
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...Dear reader, As you read my finalized paper, I’d like you to take a mental note of a few things that I may have changed from my previous draft. My thesis is, “Opposed to Don Vito’s path, Michael Corleone’s new direction with the family business and towards his rivals will create a pooled hatred that will lead to Michael Corleone’s demise.” The main difference between this thesis and my previous thesis is not the content of the thesis itself, but the few words of clarity that I have provided after my thesis in my revised essay. I felt that in my previous thesis, I made an arguable claim, but I left the claim at somewhat of a dead end. In this final draft, I shed just a little more light on what I tried to get across to the reader. What I am most pleased with in this revision is the addition of significant comparisons between Don Vito and Michael Corleone, as they are two totally different characters with different tactics in leadership. I feel that the comparisons vividly show that Don Vito is an effective Machiavellian leader, who according to Machiavelli, should remain safe and prosperous; Michael, while also an effective leader, uses more aggressive and hasty tactics to take care of his matters. The most difficult task in my revision process was including enough of an analysis towards some claims I have made. Even though I feel this draft is improved, I feel that I still drag out evidence for a bit too long during some sections of the essay. I hope that you find this...
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...To start the mise-en-scene is used in a way that helps encourage the “uncomfortable” feeling most audience. The scene where Jeffery is hiding in the closet because Frank came was very unusual. To begin the closet itself was very cluttered and naturally this gives a very unpleasant feeling as he watches Dorthy being handled by Frank. Then in the main room everything was placed so closely around Dorthy which was odd because of what they were doing. In short, the placement of the objects surrounding the actors and actress contributed to the uneasy feeling Lynch created from the beginning of the movie. This leads me to my next point, while watching the movie I realized the deviation of the lighting created an abnormal field also. Why is it when Jeffery is walking up the stairs it is dark and gloomy, and then the Blue Velvet-esc music started playing? The abnormal lighting made it seem as if something bad was going to occur, how ever then the romatic music would start playing. I believe the mix of feelings from both technique is what is responsible for creating the uneasy feeling. Also, the editing that lead to the closet scene made it feel like Frank was going to murder Dorthy. They cut off nervous Jeffery, which the light from the cracks gleaming on his face and switched to Dorthy who at some point seemed to be enjoying Frank terrorizing her. This amplified the feeling Lynch was going for in my opinion. According to screen media.group naturalism contributed to the ‘unbinding...
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...The Godfather 1 Film Review Student’s name: Institutional Affiliations: The Godfather is a 1972 crime film based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same name. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy. Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola did the screenplay. The film stars Al Pacino and Marlon Brando as the main characters in the story. Set in New York, Nevada and Sicily in the years between 1944 and 1955, the film follows the experiences of the family of Vito Corleone, the head of a powerful Mafia family in New York. In 1945, tycoon and drug dealer Sollozzo, with the backing of the Tattaglia family, asks for Vito’s backing through his connection with politicians, in Sollozzo’s drug business, in exchange for which he promises Corleone immense profits. Corleone is unyielding and Sollozzo begins a war among the five families of the New York Mafia. Sollozzo first attempts to assassinate Vito Corleone, but Corleone survives and is taken to hospital, where a second attempt on his life is foiled by Michael, his youngest son. While Vito is in hospital, Sonny, Vito’s oldest son, takes over running the family business. Sollozzo further kidnaps Tom Hagen, Vito’s right-hand man, to put pressure on Sonny to agree to his terms. In retaliation for his father’s attack, Sonny successfully arranges for the killing of Tattaglia’s son. Michael then machinates a plan to get rid of Sollozzo and McCluskey, a corrupt police officer and associate of Sollozzo. Under the...
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