Title: The Godfather: Character Comparison

Ming Chuan University
彭宜柔 Zoe Peng
93659026 #3
Time: 65202-Thur 6:30~8:15
Presentation

Title: The Godfather: Character Comparison

Two items to be compared or contrasted: 1. Michael 2. Sonny
Relationship or class the item share: The Godfather
Controlling ideas: Three+ personality, value, temper+ differences
Thesis statement: They are different in areas of personalities, values, and their
tempers.

Introduction- paragraph 1
Topic sentence: At a first glance Michael and Sonny appear to be quite different.
Main idea: Talking about what two characters are different about. Listing the
differences in this paragraph.

Body- paragraph 2
Topic sentence: Their personalities are quite difference.
Main idea: To explain how they are different in their personalities.
Controlling idea: personality
Concrete details: brash, arrogant, calm, cool

Body- paragraph 3
Topic sentence: Their values are another way that they differ.
Main idea: Talking about their difference in values.
Controlling idea: value
Concrete details: man of honor, adulterer

Body- paragraph 4
Topic sentence: Their tempers were not nearly the same.
Main idea: To compare their tempers.
Controlling idea: temper
Concrete details: bad temper, fairly calm

Conclusion- paragraph 5
Topic sentence: Michael and Sonny were two completely different people with
different traits.
Main idea: To sum up the two characters are different in three main ways.

Summary:
In this article, the writer compared two characters of The Godfather in three different ways such as personality, value, and temper. The writer also gave us lots of examples about these main differences. As a reader, I could know the ways they differ.

THE GODFATHER: CHARACTER COMPARISON

Michael Vs. Sonny At a first glance Michael and Sonny appear to be quite different. Upon further observation, however, they have some similarities. Although they are different in areas of personality, values, and their tempers, they are similar in areas of loyalty, their respect for their father, and their strong family ties. Their personalities are quite different. Sonny is brash and arrogant, where Michael is calm and cool. When Don Corleone was in the hospital and Sonny is in charge, the family got kind of careless. He doesn't seem to care what could happen due to his actions. He wants to kill the police captain and doesn't think about the repercussions. Tom has to tell him that it wouldn't be good to kill a cop, but they end up doing it anyway. I think Michael was pushed into it because of his loyalty to the family. He is more calculating in manner. Near the end when he "takes care of all the family business" on the day of the Baptism is a prime example of this. Because he was this way, the objects of his violence had no idea that it was coming. Their values are another way that they differ. Michael is a man of honor. He doesn't run around having affairs with different women. He only marries twice because his first wife was killed in the explosion. Sonny is an adulterer. He is with another women during his sisters wedding, along with a few other times throughout the movie. Their tempers were not nearly the same. Sonny had a bad temper, while Michael did not. Sonny's temper ended up getting him killed. He flew off the handle when he found out that his sister had been beaten and ran out of the house without anyone with him. During those times he should have known better, but all he had on his mind was vengeance. Michael on the other hand is fairly calm about things. He knows that Carlos was involved in Sonny's death, but he lets it go until it is time to deal with it. In conclusion, Sonny and Michael were two completely different people, with different traits. They had different ways of doing things, but in all of that they remained so much the same. I think that has to do with the way their Father brought them up, because I feel that he was the role model that they were molded after.

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