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The Development of Crucial Themes and Main Characters in Mario Puzo's Mafia Novels Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Jakub Martinů The Development of Crucial Themes and Main Characters in Mario Puzo's Mafia Novels Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D. 2016 I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Author’s signature 2 Acknowledgement I would like to express gratitude to my supervisor, Mr. Jeffrey Alan Smith, M.A., Ph.D., for his guidance, help, suggestions, and most of all for his patience with my thesis. I would also like to thank to Mr. Tomáš Hanzálek, who relentlessly answered all of my questions through my years at the faculty, many of them repeatedly. Last but not least, my gratitude belongs also to my close ones, who did not let me quit even though I pondered this option several times. 3 Table of contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5 1 The Italian American author ................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Mario Puzo .................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 The Godfather ............................................................................................................. 12 1.3 The Sicilian................................................................................................................... 14 1.4 The Last Don ................................................................................................................ 17 1.5 Omertá ........................................................................................................................ 19 2 Integration ........................................................................................................................... 24 2.1 Coming to America ...................................................................................................... 25 2.2 Legalization ................................................................................................................. 30 3 The old, wise Dons .............................................................................................................. 35 3.1 Don Croce .................................................................................................................... 36 3.2 Don Corleone .............................................................................................................. 39 4 Young, hasty heroes ............................................................................................................ 43 4.1 Michael Corleone ........................................................................................................ 43 4.2 Cross ............................................................................................................................ 45 4.3 Astorre ......................................................................................................................... 47 5 Femmes fatales ................................................................................................................... 50 5.1 Powerless and dependent ........................................................................................... 50 5.2 Powerful and self-aware ............................................................................................. 54 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 58 Works cited ................................................................................................................................. 64 Primary sources: ..................................................................................................................... 64 Secondary sources: ................................................................................................................. 64 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 66 Resumé ........................................................................................................................................ 67 4 Introduction The Godfather might be understood as a synonym to Mafia-related literature. It also could be a synonym to its author’s name – Mario Puzo. Mario Puzo may probably be considered as the author who stands behind the notion people today have about the Mafia of the 20th century. The movies based either on his books or his screenplays are among the best received movies ever made, both by critics and public1. Even though Mario Puzo may equal The Godfather in many people’s minds, it is not the only novel he published that revolves around the world of organized crime, intrigues, murders and betrayals. Among his other works belong novels such as The Sicilian, The Last Don and Omertá. Each of these books is concerned with the Mafia environment and each of these books has a different attitude towards this world. In this bachelor thesis it will dealt with aspects that these books have in common as well as with those that distinguish them from one another. This will be managed through analysing several key characters and themes of Puzo’s novels and dedicating one chapter to each of these aspects that together contribute to the development of Puzo’s work. To give the reader a notion about Puzo’s life and provide some details from the background of the stories he created, the first chapter, Italian American author, will be dedicated to the short biography of Mario Puzo. It will walk the reader through the literary milestones of his life and show how his work influenced the culture. This particular chapter also serves to summarize the plots of the analysed books, in order not to have to be explained in detail later in the thesis, when references to certain parts will be made. It will be fairly brief explanation of what happens, by whom it is caused and what are the consequences of the actions. Besides the basic points of the stories, the 1 Based on their reviews in public movie databases (imdb.com; csfd.cz; rottentomatoes.com) 5 subchapters of the first part serve as an introduction of the characters and themes that will be analysed afterwards. It acquaints the reader with the origins of the characters, of their journeys and their fates. After reading this part, the reader should have an idea about how Puzo’s work and the characters themselves developed as the world around developed as well. This chapter is an overall summary that the reader can return to should one not understand certain events described in the rest of thesis, for it does not appear appropriate to dedicate large parts of the thesis to connect one action with another with more detail than it is necessary. The rest of the chapters are each devoted to the analysis of one of the major themes of the books. Integration is concerned with the efforts of the Mafia families to integrate themselves into a general society and to legalize their businesses. The next chapter, Old, wise Dons, is supposed to provide the initial insight on the traditional Dons, who were brought up either on Sicily or in the old, Sicilian ways. This chapter serves as an opening that builds the contrast with the following chapter, Young, hasty heroes, where it is showed how the young members of the Mafia, who were brought up in America, may be affected by the different ways of life there. The last chapter, Femmes fateles, will be focused on the analysis of the development of the role of women in the stories. The first chapter of the analytical part, Integration, frames the events that happen in the books. Legalization and integration is what fuels the plots, the desire to either legalize the families’ businesses or clear one’s name is what keeps the stories in motion. This particular chapter is important for two specific reasons. The first is part of the overall analysis of the books. It describes the different ways in which the characters are trying to become a part of the everyday, legal and ordinary world. To demonstrate the importance of such efforts, it will be described how the Italian Americans integrated into the American society throughout the 20th century in the real world. The second 6 reason is to enable the reader to understand why certain characters behave the way they do. This applies especially to the Dons, since they are the ones who stand behind the great plans, which should make the Families part of the American society. As much as the old Dons might seem alike in many crucial things, such as their wisdom and omnipresent influence, and pursue quite similar goals in their lives, the chapter Young, hasty heroes will present comparison of characters that could hardly be more different. The analysis of the young protagonists of the stories will provide an insight on what influence the different times and places have on the young successors of the Dons. The heroes were brought up in various conditions, with different expectations of them and they each grew to have a different relationship with the Mafia and the famiglias2. This reflects in their views on the world that surrounds them and it influences the degree of their integration either into the general society or to the world
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