l teacher would. Her voice is very soft; almost kitten like, in contrast, for example, of Connie's loud and brash voice. Coppla uses these things to distinguish her from the members of the family. Another scene in which we see her set apart from the rest i

the house, as if he is shielding her from whatever may be inside. Only when she directly asks to use the phone to call a cab, does he relent and reluctantly allow her entrance. There are many other instances when we see her innocence and naivete; when she accepts Michael's negative answer to Connie's accusations of murder, when she thinks that politicians would never do anything immoral, and even when she accepts Michael's marriage proposal. "I never though you were a bad consigliore, Tom. I thought Santino was a bad don, rest in peace." These words, uttered by Vito Corleone, are testament to Sonny's fate to self-destruct. There are many things that Coppla uses to foreshadow the fall of Sonny. In the beginning of the movie, we see him in an "extramarital tryst" when Tom comes to get him for the meeting with Johnny Fontane. "Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man." As Vito Corleone is saying this !

en Sonny speaks out. Vito even goes as far to chastise Sonny in front of everybody. Later on in the movie, Sollozzo kidnaps Tom in hopes that he would try and convince Sonny to do business with him. He states that Sonny is way too hotheaded to deal with personally. Sonny is a man ruled by emotion even though he would lead you to believe something different. This is evident when he has Bruno Tattaglia killed after the attempt on Vito's life. (He swears to Tom that it's business.) He is illogical and doesn't think before he acts. He beats up his brother-in-law for hitting his sister, yet he disrespects his own wife with an affair. The way he dresses even hints at a wild man. He hardly ever wore a tie, most of the time his shirt was open or he wears just an undershirt. It was his tendency not to think things through that eventually brought about his death. He couldn't see, through his anger that he was being set up. One of the most paradox statements in the entire movie is when M!

ichaels says to Kay, "That's my family, Kay. It's not me". One of the themes in the movie is Michael's transition from war hero to Godfather. In the beginning of the movie, we see Michael in his army uniform all smiles and laughs. He is very engaging with Kay, telling her stories about the family, particularly the one about Luca Brasi. This is very different from the Michael we see at the end of the movie when he firmly tells Kay not to ask about his business. There are many milestones in his transition, but it all starts with the attempt on his father's life. Coppla uses a cut away technique in so that we first see Kay and Michael out doing Christmas shopping together. Then we see Luca Brasi getting ready to meet Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Luca gets killed and soon after we see Vito shot. We cut back to the Christmas shopping, but this time it's Tom and then Sollozzo takes him. We go back to Kay and Michael shopping, when Kay sees a newspaper headline with news of his fath!

arzini's bodyguard and chauffer and drop to one knee to take aim and shoot Barzini in the back as he is running up the stairs. "I do renounce them". Finally, Michael is baptized as the camera cuts away to the dead bodies. Coppla uses this to emphasize the man that Michael has become. He is a man that while in the house of God, is blatantly disregarding him and his laws. He is a man that can in front of a priest lie and say he renounces Satan when in fact he is having five men killed. Michael is no longer the war hero we knew at the beginning of the movie; he is now, The Godfather. Among the many of Francis Ford Coppla's achievements in "The Godfather", is the way he characterized the individuals in the movie. Each had an aspect about him or her that was special and memorable. He accomplished this in many ways including but not limited to: camera shots, how the characters dressed, how they talked, and what they did. The following is three example of how he characterized and dep!

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