The Godfather
By the end ofThe Godfather , Michael Corleone has become inhuman - hearted enough to take his father ’s place as the foreland of the family , but if one storyline had turned out differently , that would n’t have happen . The Godfatherchronicles the dual story of a veteran mob boss reaching the conclusion of his life story and choosing a successor , and his only wayward son getting drawn into a life-time of criminal offence . Michael was supposed to be the first Corleone to lead a legitimate life , but he terminate up being the only suitable candidate to replace his dad .
At the offset of the movie , Michael is the ripe son — a noble war veteran soldier with white hands — but , by the closing of it , Michael has become even more ruthless than Vito . Michael ’s journeying to the dark side set about when he assassinates a police headwaiter and ends when he has all his gangland competition whack while he ’s at his nephew ’s baptism . But Michael would n’t have become cruel and uncaring enough to succeed Vito as the don atthe end ofThe Godfatherif a key subplot had turned out otherwise .
Michael Wouldn’t Have Become The Godfather If Apollonia Had Lived
Michael Truly Loved Apollonia In A Way He Doesn’t Really Love Kay
After killing Captain McCluskey , Michael go to Sicily to obliterate out until the heat dies down and he can return to America . There , he meets and falls for a local fair sex named Apollonia . Michael wed Apollonia , but sadly , in their early days of married bliss , his fresh St. Bridget is killed in a car bomb intend for him . If this storyline had shaken out a little differently and Apollonia had n’t buy the farm , then Michael would n’t have been able to succeed his father as the don .
If Apollonia had be , Michael would n’t have been ruthless or watch enough to take over from Vito , because he was weakened by his sexual love for her .
Michael really love Apollonia in a path he does n’t really love Kay . Michael and Apollonia were happy together as newlywed , andher untimely death was what push Michael toward becoming the cold - full-blooded monster he necessitate to be to become a successful mob Bos . If Apollonia had lived , Michael would n’t have been ruthless or determined enough to take over from Vito , because he was weakened by his love for her . When he ’s with Kay , he can make the patronage his top antecedency .
The Godfather’s Sicily Scenes Slow Down The Movie, But They’re An Important Part Of Michael’s Arc
It’s A Major Turning Point In Michael’s Journey
The Godfather ’s Sicily scene are arguably the most boring plane section of the movie , because they take you out of the action just as it was getting exciting . But it ’s a crucial join in Michael ’s character arc . He arrive a better understanding of the part of a donfrom his time with Don Tommasino . Michael previously thought the whimsy of one person decree over an entire vicinity was at odds with the exemption and optimism of the American dreaming . But after spending some fourth dimension in Sicily , he sees that a preceptor can make for a overconfident role in the residential district .
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The Godfather chronicles the Italian-American Corleone crime family from 1945 to 1955. Following an assassination attempt on family patriarch Vito Corleone, his youngest son Michael emerges to orchestrate a brutal campaign of retribution, cementing his role in the family’s illicit empire.
