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1、ABriefAnalysisofVitoCorleone’sCharacterThesisstatement:VitoCorleoneisamanwithconflictingpersonality:aruthlesscriminalandalsoawarm,lovingfatherandhusband.OutlineI.Introduction:A.BackgroundofthebookB.BriefintroductionofthestoryII.ThefactorsthataffectVito:A.ThefactorofsocietyB.T
2、hefactoroffamilyIII.MaincharactersofVitoA.AskillfulleaderB.ApowerfulmanC.AgoodfamilymanIV.Conclusion23ABriefAnalysisofVitoCorleone’sCharacterI.IntroductionIn1972,therewasafilmdirectedbyFrancisFordCoppolathatwon3Oscars:thebestpicture,bestscript,andbestactor.Rarelycanitbesaidth
3、atonemoviecandefineagenre,butneveristhatmoretruethaninthecaseofTheGodfather.Sinceitsreleasegangstermoviehasbeenjudgedbythestandardsofthisone.Maybeit’snotveryfairtosaythat,butthemovieisreallyanexquisiteMafiaclassicthatconstructsacompellingsagafromoutstandingperformance.Thefamo
4、usactorMarlonBrandogothissecondOscarbyhisexcellentshowofplayingasVitoCorleoneortheGodfather.Beforethefilmhasbecomefamousisthepopularityofthebook:TheGodfather.Itwaspublishedin1969,inAmerica,writtenbyMarioPuzo,thesonofItalian-bornparents.Thebookwasaninstantbestseller,whichstaye
5、datthe“NewYorkTimes”best-selllistfor67weeks.MarioPuzosetouttowritethisbookattheageof45,andatfirsthewassupposedtomakehimselfrichbythenovelhewastowrite.Tohissurprise,thebooknotonlylethimrealizethefinancialgoal,butalsoachievedworldwidefame.In1972,thestorywasadaptedforfilmbyPuzoa
6、ndCoppola.It’sobviousthatthefilmwasabigsuccess,sowasthe23book.TheGodfathershowsusaworldwithinaworld;itisaboutanunderworldstory.TheMafiasystemhasitsownlawsanditsownbrutalpunishmentfortransgressionofthoselaws.Thecharactersinthebookareenormouslycolorful,andtheplotismelodramaticy
7、etentirelybelievable.Thereadermustnotforgetthatthenovelisabookaboutcoldtreachery.Thewritersaid:“TheGodfatherisaboutmorethantheMafia;itisaboutapowerfulmanwhobuildsadynastythroughcrime,butwhowantshissontobeasenatororagovernor.It’sabouttheverynatureofpower…Ithinkit’satragedy.”1T
8、hethemesoflove,crime,familybondageandOldWorldvaluesarefurtherdevelop