https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo By William Alcorn, ORB Quarter 1 Project en-us 2018-10-30 12:00:25 UTC 2025-11-10 03:37:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298438018 2018-10-30 12:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298438018 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298440693 Kirkus Reviews: Ten years in the workaday progress of a New York Mafia sort of family-a dynasty tale with all the attendant flurries of great houses at war. Don Corleone is ruler of the Family, avenger and dispenser of favors, from judges boughten verdicts to rub-outs among the fiefdoms. The noble Don ages and there is the nagging worry as to who shall carry on. Eldest son Sonny is too impetuous; Freddie is a fornicator; Michael fancies a teaching career with his Yankee bride. Along with the manipulative, diplomatic and skull-smashing demands of the Eastern empire of real estate, manufacturing, and gambling, there is always the threat of treachery from within-one unfortunate example of which snuffs out Sonny by the Jones Beach toll booths. Michael, forgetting the scholar's life, pumps bullets in revenge, is sent to Italy, and is finally returned miraculously intact after assassination attempts. It is Michael, after the Don's near murder and eventual death from heart failure who reasserts the Family as Number One in a coup which includes the garrotting of a traitorous brother-in-law. The scene roams from coast to coast, provides glimpses of the sex /love tangles of the Ladies Auxiliary, family fun and cosy Italian fiestas, boppings, bashings, shootings, hackings. A Mafia Whiteoaks, bound for popularity, once you get past the author's barely concealed admiration for the "ethics" and postulates of primitive power plays. (Kirkus Reviews, March 1 , 1969)

]]> 2018-10-30 12:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298440693 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298441340 This review by "Kirkus Reviews" is very similar to my view on the novel. The writer of the review definitely left out some crucial things though. The whole idea of family and friendship along with the idea of loyalty wasn't included in the review. The last sentence I completely agree with, although I wouldn't say the "primitive power plays" were all that concealed. Some of the attacks on other families were ruthless and obvious to us readers and definitely not concealed in any way]]> 2018-10-30 12:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298441340 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298443700 "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."(Puzo 34).]]> 2018-10-30 12:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298443700 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298443978 This quote shows the heart of Don Corleone. When he said this to Johnny everyone knew that the Don would help Johnny even though he was not "being a man". This kind heartedness from the Don shows how passive aggressive he can be. Someone who doesn't know the Don will think that he will give someone a good offer, but to someone who knows the Don personally we know that the Don will be ruthless to get what he wants. That ruthlessness is what makes him a great person. No matter how rude you are to him, if he is in debt to you, for whatever reason then he will make sure to pay you back in any way he can.]]> 2018-10-30 12:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298443978 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298444558 This assembly line is a representation of the Corleone family. In order for the family business to flourish, it needs all of the parts to be working perfectly, much like an assembly line. Right before The Don get shot, Paulie called saying he was sick so he couldn't drive the Don and Freddie back home. With Paulie not being there it was only Freddy and the Don together when they got attacked. If Paulie had not gotten sick then maybe he could've saved the Don from being shot.]]> 2018-10-30 12:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298444558 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298444869 The entire book revolves around the one idea that family and friendship are the most important things in the world. When Bonasera was asking the Don for revenge on the men who beat up his daughter, The Don realized that Bonasera has not been a loyal friend to him and punished him for it. "I can't remember the last time you invited me to your house for coffee though my wife is godmother to your only child." (Puzo 26).]]> 2018-10-30 12:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298444869 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298445093 The idea of family and friendship is the main theme in this book]]> 2018-10-30 12:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298445093 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298454325 2018-10-30 12:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/298454325 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299317867 2018-11-01 12:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299317867 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299318077 This Bee represents The Don. If you are nice and kind to The Don, then he will be even nicer back. But if you ever cross him or don't respect him, he will come at you like a bee would come at you if you messed with it. When Johnny wanted the movie roll but the director said no, The Don cut off the head of the directors most prized horse and placed it in his bed when he was asleep. If you don't want bees to sting you, you walk away or ignore them. But with the Don you have to respect him to keep a good relationship or else he will sting.]]> 2018-11-01 12:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299318077 alc07354 https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299320934 The Godfather falls into many different categories and genres. The main category I would put it in is "Mafia" or "Crime". It belongs in this genre because that's what this book is about.]]> 2018-11-01 12:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alc07354/TheGodfatherMarioPuzo/wish/299320934