The Final Chapter Of The Godfather

This is going to be my final blog concerning the book The Godfather, but do not fret for I will be reading a new novel relating to it called The Sicillian. Where we left off last the Corleone family was in turmoil. With Vito Corleone still incapacitated and weak from the gun shot wounds he had recieved, his son Freddy in Las Vegas was recovering, his son Santino dead, and Michael in Sicily there was no true head of the Corleone crime family. Meanwhile during the ongoing turmoil in the family in New York, Michael Corleone was facing his own issues in Sicily. His wife had been killed, and now he was hell bent on revenge. Michael Corleone shortly comes back to America after this incidence, his father deeming it too risky to keep him in hiding there any longer. Once back in New York, Michaels father Don Corleone begins training him to take over the family business and fortify’s a fortress around the homes of his most important family members. During this period of the book you begin to see a change in Michael. He is becoming more and more like his father. He is cunning, intelligent, some would say brilliant, but also fair and equal, never patronizing or harassing. Michael Corleone is transforming into an even better don than his father could ever have imagined. As his training occurs The Corleone family is slowly losing power, they have lost several rackets in their Brooklyn territory, and even on the upper east side, thought to be their strongest grounds for racketeering, the Barzini and Tattaglia family are by far most powerful of the New York crime families now. Many of the other families have lost respect to the Corleone name for not seeking revenge on the murder of Don Corleones son Santino. Little do they know what was brooding in Michaels mind. For two years the Corleones remained dormant until the death of Vito Corleone struck the family. The dons final words were that “Life is beautiful…” as he took his last breath the gears in Michaels brilliant mind were turning, and his masterful plan would soon take action. Michael had logically deduced that his sister Connie’s husband Carlo was the man responsible for setting up the hit on Sonny Corleone. In one swift tactical maneuver Michael Corleone weeded out all the unloyal people in the Corleone crime family while simultaneously pulling the biggest move in New York crime history. In the matter of twenty-four hours the Corleone family assassinated the heads of both the Barzini and Tattaglia crime families. They killed Carlo, the betrayer, and Michael also was able to locate Farraro, the man responsible for the killing of his Sicillian wife Apollonia. Farraro was swiftly and painfully killed, letting him know that his betrayal did not go unnoticed. The Corleones were now the most powerful of all the families in New York now. Michael Corleone, however, had made the executive decision that once his plan had been put into action that it would be unsafe to stay in New York, for the retaliation from the Barzini’s and Tattaglia’s would be menacing. Michael Corleone planned to liquidate all New York assets, allow his previous Capo Regime leaders to form their own families if they wished, and simultaneously moved the entire Corleone crime family to Las Vegas, where they now owned a large amount of multi-purpose high-class hotel-casinos. The Corleones had also funded the making of Johnny Fontanes movies. These movies were a smash hit and more than quadrupled their profits. Johnny Fontane was also now creating his own music again, his voice had healed and was strong again, The Corleone families expansion west had been a great success and a good decision by Michael Corleone. They now had political connections on the west and east coast. They were richer and stronger than ever, and they now had very powerful allies in Las Vegas. To say the least the Corleone don had outdone himself, but until next time that is all for me.

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~ by cgb123 on 23/10/2009.