The Godfather by Mario puzo
Insight on the book: ‘The godfather’ is one of those books
that one finds exciting right from the beginning to the very end. Every
character in this story adds to the intrigue of the plot and speaking from
experience, once you start this book you’re likely to forget every other thing
you’d be too engrossed and thus find it very hard to drop. It tells the tale of
the Corleone family, its power, business, kith and kin and of course the
godfather- the head of the family.
Don Vito Corleone is ‘the godfather’, a
powerful business tycoon that doesn’t believe in the conventional society and
its rules and absolutely refuses to be guided by them so he dictates his own
rules his ideals on which his character
and actions are based on, well the translation is that he is Mafia and very Old
fashioned. With his power and fortune he helps virtually anyone that comes for
help regarding any problem or requests of any sorts except safety from death,
Oh no he’s not philanthropic he helps these people and they pay the price of
allegiance and indebtedness to him and when the time comes he will collect and
they dare not refuse. He started from the bottom and built his family to be the
most powerful of the five families that control the underground business in the
city. He ran his business shrewdly, secretly when necessary, frequently with
force and calculated actions at all times. Everything , the very long chain of
command of the family was intact until ‘the godfather’ said no and then a war
broke out between the Corleone family and the other families.
The book
explained how the family fought for its respect, honor and power in a conflict
that arose due to the godfather’s refusal to agree to a business proposition
that was against his personal ethics. The book tells how the family handled
this conflict, how they were affected, who died and survived, betrayals and
that there’s no line between business and personal, it’s all personal. The
whole thing was literarily bloody and very exciting too. The family has three
sons and a daughter- Santino, Federico, Michael and Connie. Santino is the hot
tempered one unlike his calm and calculating father, he’d rather use force than
negotiation. Federico is very tame compared to his brothers and he absolutely
adored his father and there is Michael, my personal favorite. Michael is the
rebel (every family needs that right?), the only one to dare go against his
father’s express orders and funny enough he resembles his father the most.
Initially he seemed to have no interest in the family business until he was
provoked and well, let’s just say he found his own destiny, his actual words
were: “tell my father to get me home,
tell my father am ready to be his son” Oh yes! He went home and yes Don
Corleone could not have asked for a finer son, he proved to be the true son of
his father, how he did that is quite interesting. Connie Corleone is the only
female child, her father’s favorite, she’s the ‘classic daddy’s little girl’.
She, like the other females in the family, was not involved in the family
business.
Title: ‘The Godfather’ is our very own Don
Vito Corleone. The story is about him, his character, his family, his rise to
power, his subjects, his business principles and strategies and everything in
between. One can’t help but admire the man’s genius he knows how to inspire
obedience, fear, adoration and devotion in people when necessary. The Godfather
basically tells the tale of a mafia family, this book is timeless it is what we
call a classic.
Theme: Mafia, power, business, betrayals,
choices, family.
Life Message: Family is everything and helping
people really pays well. Also, there’s really no line between business and
personal, there’s nothing like ‘it’s just business’ everything is very
personal.
Favorite Quote: “there are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk
about them. You don’t try to justify them. They can’t be justified. You just do
them. Then you forget it.”
Rating: 8/10
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