A Bronx Tale

The movie that we watched in class this week, touched on a lot of different topics brought up in class so far. The main character Calodraul, was stuck between following his fathers morals, or being with Sonny and his crew. There are a couple different in and out groups throughout the movie. However, I think that Sonny and Calodraul should be placed in there own group. The reason for this is, that even though Sonny is the most powerful person in the neighborhood and is "supposed to be this tough guy," he has a lot more morals than most think. He isn't like the usual mobster. He leads Calodraul in the right direction in what he does. He makes Calodraul realize what the right and wrong decision is, and makes him see different sides to things. With Calodraul, he isn't like the rest of his friends. During that time period racism was a big part of society. Unlike most people in his neighborhood, Calodraul didn't have that racist view. His friends were very anti black, and Calodraul just didn't see the same way. For example when the African American were riding their bikes through the "white Italian" neighborhood, his friends decided they wanted to beat the kids up. During that scene, you could see that Calodraul didn't warn to join them, but when he is called over he pretends to best the guy up. Also, unlike his father Calodraul sees the good in Sonny that not many see or know. He tries to find a balance between being with his father, and being able to hang with Sonny. Both of them or not like the others in their neighborhood. There are the groups of different nationalities, ethnicities, racists, and Calodraul and Sonny. This movie toured on other topics; however. I think that the in and out groups were the biggest. I think this because to me, the movie showed the different groups very clearly.