Many critics have noted the plot’s symbolic relationship to the corruption of the American Dream. In what ways does The Godfather comment on America and on capitalism in particular?
In order to understand this question you must first know what the American dream is. I feel that the American dream is that all men were built the same and all deserve to be treated as such. The don came to America by himself and poor but worked his way up the ladder of wealth and is now the head of a mafia family, with this being his history he understands how people feel when they are poor. The don does not believe that everybody should be completely equal because he had to work hard to get where he is but he does feel that everybody should be given a chance.
Perhaps you could research and clearly define the American dream is.
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