The Godfather Analysis

Register to read the introduction… Don Corleone appeared at the very start of the film, which was the wedding party of Don’s daughter Coney, and the beginning scenes already fully demonstrated the Godfather’s high and divine place. As Sicilians never refused any requests on a wedding day, many people came to the Godfather for “justice”, one of whom was Bonasera, an Italian-American undertaker. The film started by his famous line, “I believe in America”, at which time the screen was still dark; then his face and forehead appeared on the screen, and he continued “America has made my fortune”. However, America failed to give him justice: His daughter was beaten to disfigurement and almost raped but the suspects only received a suspended sentence. Thus he came to Godfather, who was awed y because of not only his personally charm but also influence and deterrence. Interesting the reply of the Godfather was that he didn’t agree or decline at the beginning, but he began to mock that Bonasera never treated him as a friend and never invited him to café. Sadly, the obtuse Bonasera didn’t get Godfather’s message, and proposed that he could pay money. Then the Godfather had implicitly pointed out:”If you'd come to me in friendship, then the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day…...” Then the most interesting scene comes: When Bonasera tentatively asked “be my friend”, Godfather did not answer and was just casually looking around; Finally Bonasera realized what he should do: he then bowed, kissed Corleone’s hand and called him “godfather”. And Corleone replied with “Good”, which was enough to bring justice to …show more content…
Though with equal power and intelligence, Godfather seems to live in happiness while Kurtz in great pain. The last word of Godfather is “The world is so beautiful”, but the last word of Kurtz is the famous “The horror…The horror…” Then what is it that causes such a difference? The journalist gave one answer, “He’s clear in mind, but mad in soul”. And my answer is “the family”.

Fighting away from home, Colonel Kurtz got no support from family, where everyone truly loved him. From his letter to his son (“I'm afraid that both you and your mother would have been worried for not hearing from me these past weeks. But my situation here has become a difficult one. I've been officially accused of murder by the Army. The alleged victims were four Vietnamese double agents. We spent months uncovering and accumulating evidence. When absolute proof was completed, we acted, we acted like soldiers. The charges

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