Ethical Dilemmas In A Bronx Tale

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Have you ever seen the movie called “A Bronx Tale” starring Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri? Well, the answer for me is no. This movie arose in the 1990’s around the same time era that I was born, but this movie is an overwhelming movie that identifies numerous ethical dilemmas that a person may face throughout his or her lifetime. Therefore, this movie deliberates on abundant ethical dilemmas like, Racial, Interracial Dating, Peer pressure, whether to follow a parent advice or a relative/ friends, and several more. On that note, within this paper I will give a brief summary of the movie so that you can have a better comprehension about the different ethical dilemmas that I will be deliberating later on in this paper based on the movie.

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