In this book Don Corleone, is sometimes refereed to as The Don or The G

odfather out of respect, is the head of the Corleone family. Originally named

Vito Andolini, The Don changed his name to Corleone, after fleeing from the

Mafia in Italy, and arriving at New York. There he quickly makes alliances, and

political contacts, and is able to create the most powerful family in New York.

His power is challenged when The Don refuses to enter into the business of

narcotics with the Tattaglias, another family. The Tattaglias, have reason to

believe that Santino, one of the DonÕs sons, is interested and attempt to kill

The Don, hoping his son who would be in charge would agree, but fail. A big war

eventually breaks out, but after loosing Santino, The Don makes peace, to be

able to safely bring his son, who is hiding out in Sicily, home. At this point

The Don teaches his son Michael about the family business, and how to avenge

SantinoÕs death, and set things straight before the family who has planned to

move to Vegas to pursue their business of gambling, moves.

Don Corleone is the head of the Corleone family, and is feared and respected

positive and a negative thing. He does help his father, but lacks his fatherÕs

At this point it is just a matter of training until Michael can take over his

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fatherÕs leadership at his death. At that point even if he needed a few more

Tom Hagen became an orphan at the age of eleven, when his parents died, and he

respected by everyone and has earned the right to be called the Godfather. In

It was a good book with a bit of everything in it, action, suspense, detail,

narcotics even if it would have brought him a great deal of money. The Don also

the quiet force and intelligence of his great father, and was obviously going to

example of this was his decline of the offer to join in the importation of

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