A Bronx Tale Cologero

760 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: How media affects public perception

A Bronx Tale Cologero

"A Bronx Tale" is a film directed by Robert Di Nero about a boy named Cologero (an Italian white male) and his life as he grows up in a town occupied by the mob. Colegero had two strong adult influences in his life. They were his father, Lorenzo, and a mob leader named Sonny. In the film there were a three scenes that especially demonstrated the influence Sonny and Lorenzo had on Cologero. An example of Lorenzo's influence on his son takes place in front of their apartment in which Cologero is a witness to a crime Sonny committed. An example of Sonny's influence on Cologero is when Sonny demeans Mickey Mantle in front of him. This then causes Cologero to have negative feelings about Mickey Mantle someone he has idolized his whole life. Another scene that shows Sonny's influence on Cologero is when Cologero takes Sonny's advice to go out with a black woman from his school, even though his father doesn't agree with inter-racial relationships. This specific event perhaps shows that Sonny had more of an impact on Cologero than Lorenzo did. Early in Cologero's childhood, around the age of ten years, he witnessed the shooting of a man over a parking space by Sonny (a powerful mob leader who Cologero admired).Cologero's father, Lorenzo wanted nothing to do with Sonny or the mob. As a result, when the police detectives questioned Cologero about the murder, Lorenzo insisted his son knew nothing of it.This led Cologero to believe that his father didn't want him to tell the truth. The detectives took Cologero outside to point out the murderer and Cologero denied that any of them were at the scene of the crime.Sonny then befriended Cologero and gave him the nickname "C".This shows that Cologero's father influenced him to lie to the police because Lorenzo led his son to believe he didn't want him to tell the truth and Cologero did not.One day while Sonny was talking with "C", who was still approaching adolescence, he said something that affected "C" and perhaps hurt his feelings in a major way. Sonny explained to Cologero that his baseball hero, Mickey Mantle, didn't care about him or anyone else. Sonny told "C" that Mickey Mantle made over 200, 000 dollars a year and would never pay his rent or do anything for him.

Show More
Related

  • The Theme of Identity in Sonny's Blues

    1620 Words  | 4 Pages

    First of all, the identity of Sonny is contrasted sharply with his brother, the narrator. The most obvious difference between the two is their names. Sonny's name is prominent and part of the story's theme. Sonny's brother, on the other hand, is never given a name. Despite being the voice and the perspective of the story, the narrator does not have a distinct identity. He is known solely by his relationship with others, his status as a brother, a son, a husband and a father.

    Read More

  • Point Of View In Sonny's Blues By James Baldwin

    1182 Words  | 3 Pages

    He is telling mostly Sonny’s story, but he puts his own memories in as well. His own memories and account of their relationship and what he remembers. The narrator’s memories of his father and mother might have been different if it was told in a different point of view as well. He remembers his mothers account with him and how she was telling him to take care of his brother. Her words to him was “You got to hold on to your brother” and “don’t let him fall no matter what it looks like is

    Read More

  • Mending the Relationship of Two Brothers in James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues

    1277 Words  | 3 Pages

    The older brother, the narrator, finds himself struggling at the beginning of the story. While riding the subway, he reads in the paper that Sonny has been arrested for possession of drugs. During his day of teaching, he reflects on prior years with Sonny and their past adventures as young boys. He remembers Sonny's "wonderfully direct brown eyes, and great gentleness and privacy." The narrator sees his brother as a good boy, not "hard or evil or disrespectful." He wonders how many of his algebra students are similar to Sonny in appearance and personality along with his drug habits. This comparison allows the older brother to conclude that Sonny was probably not arrested on his initial use of drugs. It also allows the narrator is see that Sonny may be like most of the other young boys in Harlem.

    Read More

  • Human Nature In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

    456 Words  | 1 Pages

    There are many short stories that exploit the human nature, and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is no exception. This short story takes place in a small town that has a tradition of having a lottery draw every year. However, no one would have expected that the winner of the lottery would actually be a loser. The man of the family goes up and draws a paper for their family, if the paper has a black scribble in the middle of it, that person’s family was chosen. Then, everyone in that family, excluding daughters who were married, drew a paper. Whoever drew the black scribbled paper would have “won.” In this case, Mr. Hutchinson drew for their family and got the black scribbled on paper. Immediately, Mrs. Hutchinson started complaining, which was strange, who would complain about winning? Of course, everyone in that family of five drew a paper. Mrs. Hutchinson ended up drawing the paper that was scribbled on, and her “prize” was that everyone in the town would now pelt her with a bunch of pebbles or stones.

    Read More

  • A TAle of Two Cities

    763 Words  | 2 Pages

    A Tale of Two Cities In every great novel, there is a theme that is constant throughout the story. One of the better known themes portrays the fight of good verses evil. Different authors portray this in different ways. Some use colors, while others use seasons to show the contrast. Still, others go for the obvious and use characters.

    Read More

  • iraqi revolution

    1545 Words  | 4 Pages

    ...aq. The British now needed to control Iraq through more circuitous methods, primarily by introducing previous authorities well disposed to the British government. They inevitably chose to introduce Faysal ibn Husayn as King of Iraq. Faysal had worked with the British before in the Arab Revolt throughout World War I and he reveled in great relations with certain vital authorities. British authorities additionally thought introducing Faysal as ruler might keep Faysal from battling the French in Syria and harming British-French relations. For Iraqis the rebellion served as a feature of the establishing of Iraqi patriotism despite the fact that this conclusion is discussed by researchers. It additionally demonstrated remarkable co-operation between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims in spite of the fact that this co-operation did not last any longer than the end of the rebellion.

    Read More

  • Hussein's Ba Athism Analysis

    2149 Words  | 5 Pages

    The political movements that Ba’athism has inspired have resulted in the creation of secular one-party states, characterized by socialist economics, and hierarchical government organization. In 1951, Ba’athism was brought to Iraq by Fuad al-Rikabi, who established the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party (Polk, 2006). After Iraq’s 1968 revolution, Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr and his cousin Saddam Hussein became president and vice president, respectively. Both of them were active members of the Ba’athist Party, and thus, Iraq’s new government was shaped to embody Ba’athist political ideals (Associated Press, 2006). Through their placement of Ba’athist ideology at the center of Iraqi government, Iraq’s new leaders effectively established a hierarchical structure of authority and an internal security apparatus that permeated all corners of Iraqi society. In 1979, Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq, and through abuse of the dictatorial power provided to him by the hierarchical system of Iraq’s Ba’athist government, ultimately committed countless atrocities, ranging from the selective kidnapping and killing of political rivals to using chemical weapons against his own citizens (Kirby,

    Read More

  • Sonny's Blues Analysis Essay

    659 Words  | 2 Pages

    Even though the narrator and Sonny grew up in the same house being raised the same they both took different paths in life. The narrator was the ambitious son that was not a trouble maker. He was the good child that had good grades in school and wanted to be successful by putting out hard work to get it. Sonny, on the other hand, was the bad that was not very ambitious through hard work but through his music.

    Read More

  • Lack of Health Care in the United States

    1485 Words  | 3 Pages

    The video Sick Around the World (2008) interviewed five countries on their health care policies, how they worked, and if the general population of that country was in favor of it. In England, the best component of their health care system was that the people did not have an insurance premium, co-pay, and never have to pay a medical bill. In Japan, there are fixed prices set every two years for each procedure. In addition, an insurance company cannot turn down someone with a specific disease or disorder. In Germany, doctors do not have to pay to attend medical school. Taiwan’s best components are that each patient has a smart card with their medical history to make it easier when they go to the doctor’s office, and they do not allow the rich to opt out of insurance. In Switzerland, everyone must have insurance, and if people refuse they are automatically assigned to an insurance company.

    Read More

  • Healthcare In The United States vs. The United Kingdom

    1181 Words  | 3 Pages

    Harrell, Eben. “Is Britain’s Health-Care System Really That Bad?” Time. August 18 2009. 13 October 2009. < http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1916570,00.html>.

    Read More

  • Ottoman Empire Research Paper

    1603 Words  | 4 Pages

    Despite the western powers influence on the Arab nation’s inhabitants several political leaders rose to power of which would be known for their radical ideas. The governments following WW1 varied from western style democracies, dictatorships, and even traditional monarchies, similar to the sultan during the age of the Ottomans. In July 1958 the Abd al-Ilah a brigadier, overthrew King Faysal the Second in a bloody coup of which led to the death of many involved in the conflict, after the British installed the Hashimite monarchy, which lasted only 37 years (Cleveland, 318). Despite actively taking a role in the creation of the major of Arab governments of the Middle East often times the leaders set in place by Great Britain did not last long. The lack of establishing successful European style governments in the Middle East was due to the sheer fact that the people rarely able to fully submit to western ideologies. In particular Iraq later denied the containment policy and decided to begin accepting the aid of the Soviet Union by receiving weapons and economic help (Cleveland, 318). This further complicated the relations between the Middle East and America following WW2, while bringing the Soviet Union closer to the Arab world. Nevertheless the Middle East still was an area of economic interest because of their abundance of natural

    Read More

  • The New Zealand Healthcare System

    1282 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Commonwealth Fund. (2010, June). International Profiles of Health Care Systems: : Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Retrieved from The Commonwealth Fund: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2010/Jun/1417_Squires_Intl_Profiles_622.pdf

    Read More

  • Iraq Religious Conflict

    1096 Words  | 3 Pages

    “There is still no Iraqi people, only masses lacking any patriotic ideal, connected by no common tie, prone to anarchy and always ready to rise up against any government whatsoever”. This is how Emir Faisal, the King of Iraq in 1921 explained to people the difficulties of ruling the Middle Eastern country of Iraq. For thousands of years, Iraq has been engaged in an ongoing conflict with its neighbouring countries, western nations, or within its own society. The division of the Islamic faith to create the Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims has caused tension and oppression between the two religious groups. Paired with the pressure from the original Kurdish minority group to receive their own independence; Iraq is continuously struggling to unite its

    Read More

  • Universal Healthcare System Analysis

    1487 Words  | 3 Pages

    In regards to efficiency, the universal health care system is arguably the most efficient, or “best,” system due to its strengths in relation to accessibility, costs, and overall quality. In relation to universal health care, these three proponents assist in creating a health care system that is arguably more effective than any of the alternatives. There are several potential drawbacks of the system, however, the strengths all virtually outweigh the weaknesses. The nation of France acts as a sufficient example of how universal health care can be implemented and operate successfully. Universal health care enacts coverage for all people, which creates a system in which health care is truly treated as a human right. With the creation of such a system, it is apparent that the notion of universal health care is truly the most efficient health care

    Read More

  • US Healthcare System Analysis

    680 Words  | 2 Pages

    The health services of the United Kingdom are called the National Health Service (NHS). According to Skolnik (2012), “Money for the NHS is raised from general taxes and used to make an annual NHS budget” (p. 153). The National Health Service brings together all public health facilities, controls and pays for the activities of many private medical institutions that have undertaken the commitment to adhere to its rules. However, since the sources of health care financing do not include the state budget, the amount of funding depends on other areas of public expenditure and competes with them. The government does not have the possibility of expanding health care funds. Nevertheless, in contrast to the United States, the UK pays attention to problems in health care system that have improved it over time (Bernstein,

    Read More

More about A Bronx Tale Cologero

Open Document