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The rise of Don Vito Corleone

1. Don Corleone and the mob:

• DC seems generous and sympathetic but it’s for his own benefits. He uses people to build up power and wealth. All in all he is a ruthless gangster.

• Contrary to the authorities, DC is generosity itself / the epitome of generosity. Indeed, unlike politicians, he helped poor people.

• Life in DC’s world is easy because people have money whereas in the greater world, life is harsh.

• Ironically enough, there are more advantages in DC’s world than in the greater world.

• Yet he was not on friendly terms with the police and the authorities.

2. The Great Depression and its consequences:

• The Great Depression was a crisis in the US in the 30’s. At the time there was no Welfare State. People had to find for themselves. They lived on soup-kitchen, they were homeless, they might be humiliated, ashamed and demeaned. They felt depressed as they couldn’t support their families. Indeed, they were penniless / broke.

• As a consequence, the last support was to ask DC for help, which meant that they got involved with the Mob.

• DC provided them with a job. Yet these jobs were illegal and the men could be sent to jail and lose their freedom.

• They were serviceable / indebted to the Godfather. They felt grateful to DC as he was the only one to give them a hand by lending money.

3. Italian immigration and the American Dream:

• The belief that anybody can climb the social ladder and become wealthy ?to rise from rags to riches? that its to say they want to become self-made-man.

• At the beginning, they were a minority whereas they became numerous after a massive immigration in the 19^th century.

• First, they were despised and discriminated against. Then they got integrated, they created their own district: Little Italy.

• Conclusion: This text is interesting because it shows the immigrants difficulties to be integrated.