America's First Godfather Summary

From the source, “America’s First Godfather,” Mike Dash talks about how the culture effected the mafia in Sicily. He first started talking about how Morello’s story was not known around the world yet. So, he explained how Morello set up crime in New York in the 1900’s. Mr. Morello was well operated before the mafia was even a big deal to screenwriters. Morello ended up getting imprisoned, then murdered. Mike Dash then goes on to talk about the culture of Sicily, where Morello had lived, had given rise to the mafia. He started to talk about how authorities in Sicily barely had control. Which if you really think about that, it can be scary since there will be so much violence and destruction. Before Morello immigrated to America, he was a mafioso …show more content…
They had a variety of languages that were in Sicily: Greek, Latin, Aragonese, Arabic, Lombardic and Norman-French and Sicilian can be its own language. Italian became the official language in Sicily. The nation government was the only one to extinguish the language. On the island, the people of Sicily host a lot of artistic, cultural, and religious events. The Sicilians enjoyed celebration. When it came to church, they were big into baptisms, first communions and weddings, the big events. They also celebrated holidays we celebrate in America; Easter and Christmas. They were also big into paintings and arts. There are art galleries as well. For Easter, it is big in every city, town, and village. The people all come together at the local church or cathedrals. From July to December, people of Sicily were part of the Etnafest, which is colorful art festivals with rock, blues, reggae, jazz and classical music and puppet shows. Also, for Easter, they made a sponge cake with sweetened ricotta cream, marzipan and candied fruits and pumpkin. Marzipan confectionaries shaped in to fruits and agnello pasquale, Easter lambs and Frittella, and seasonal dish made with peas, artichokes and fava beans in the celebrations of spring. Sicily is known for its street foods. Especially the arancine and panelle. Sicily is the oldest wine producing areas of the world. Sicily is known best for Marsala. It was first produced in the later 19th century. Italians typically spend their nights with family and friends talking over a nice meal. There are often different festivals throughout the year, with fireworks, music, and a lot to eat and drink. Sicily had many different food and drink options, along with a lot of fun festivities and other