The godfather conflict

As a person who has, um, strong stances on things—especially in writing—being called out on my opinions is nothing new to me. Neither is stepping on toes—usually totally unintentionally.

The central characters are: Aging mafia don with three sons. A tough immigrant Sicilian, he now dreams of taking his business legit. The eldest son, heir apparent, but a hothead.

The middle son, a weak fool. A drug dealer who wants to build his own empire. Solozzo too ambitious asks Vito to partner with him in the drug trade. Vito the man of morals politely refuses.

Sonny the hothead speaks out of line. Solozzo too ambitious thinks he can make a deal with Sonny, and tries to kill Vito, placing Sonny in power. Vito the tough immigrant Sicilian survives five bullets in the chest.

Michael who loves his father goes to see Vito in the hospital. Solozzo too ambitious plans to kill Vito in the hospital.

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Michael the smart one outwits the assassins and saves his father. Michael the smart one, who loves his father plans to avenge Vito and restore order and power to the family business.

Michael the war hero goes to kill Solozzo. Solozzo too ambitious falls for the trap and gets killed. Michael the smart one flees the country.

Michael the all-American hides in Sicily, where he learns to embrace his heritage. Sonny the hothead flies into a rage over the abuse of his sister, falls into a trap, and gets killed.

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What takes after is a conflict between Vito’s blurring old qualities and the new ways which might make Micheal do the thing he was most hesitant in doing and wage a crowd war against the various mafia families which could shred the Corleone family. 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.