Thursday, February 17, 2011

Groups

In James Madison's Federalist 10, he stated that factions are innevitable. All throughout life people have been and people will surround themselves with a group of other people with the same interests. Just like in the movie, A Bronx Tale, there were groups, and even groups within the groups. 2 main groups portrayed throughout the movie were the Italians, and the African Americans. These two groups were rivals as they fought with one another all throughout C's life. C was also apart of some groups. One group being his family, his family always tried to stay out of trouble, never involve themselves with the wrong people, and work hard for a living. The second group was the mobsters, they hung out around the bar and Sonny was their leader. The third group was C's friends, they went around looking for trouble which would ultimately be their end. I believe that C belonged in a group of his own with Sonny. C for instance unlike his father wanted to be with the mobsters by the bar, and Sonny being one of the mobsters, looked at things much differently from the rest. C's master status throughout his whole life and the movie is an individual. He was always different from his friends in knowing what was wrong and right and thats what saved him in the end along with Sonny's help. I feel like my master status would be along the line of C's. I like having a good time with my friends when the time and place is appropriate but at the same time i know never to get too out of hand and know when to compose myself.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, Peter. I really enjoyed reading your post. It is a good summary of the movie and the groups within it. Your post helped me to understand this topic better. I admire how you are different when it comes to your friends, and how you know to set boundaries if a situation changes. It shows you are a good person. Thanks for your post. Take care.

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  2. Hey! So i think its really neat that you put stuff from government into sociology and how you related the categories we talked about today with the movie we watched this week!

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  3. Connecting Federalist Papers to A Bronx Tale! Impressive :-) Mr. Conneen will be impressed as am I.

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