The more we discuss Vito, the more I am baffled how Vito is fêted as the family man
Vito was instrumental, contributed and caused the misery of every one of his children to their gloom and doom including the violent deaths of Santino and Fredo Thanks! Pop
Michael still “could have married Kay and gone back to college” even after killing McCluskey and Sollozzo, on his return from Sicily if Vito hadn't dragged Michael into the Corleone crime organization deeper
Characters have to be credited with free will, or there's no story to tell. Vito's woes could be blamed on his father, who could blame his father, etc. There's certainly no evidence that Vito forced Connie to marry Carlo. What we see is that Vito disliked and distrusted Carlo. It's reasonable to assume that he discouraged the wedding. It can't be Vito's fault that Connie insisted on the wrong man, or there's no narrative. We know from the book that Vito tried to keep Sonny out of the rackets, and that Sonny ended up a teen holdup man. We know that Vito was comatose when Michael crossed the threshold and took part in the war planning. The best-laid plans of even the most-powerful are easily defeated by the whims of the next generation. That's life
Sure thing Pete “Characters have to be credited with free will” to
mess up! “or there's no story to tell”
- What did Vito do, to guide, mentor, nurture and embrace his different sons?
Fredoespecially the son who seemingly was not cut out for Mafia life
Vito's dismissal of Fredo “And Fredo -- well -- Fredo was -- well --” Thanks! Pop
Fredo feeling inadequate that Fredo was a failure because of the pressure Fredo was under that he was not more like Pop
Then adding insult to injury Fredo was stepped over without making any face-saving provision for him
SonnyIf Sonny had not been killed rushing to Connie's aid [due to Vito's inaction] Sonny getting killed as a bad Don was just a matter of time
MichaelMichael was cleared of all these 'false' charges of killing McCluskey and Sollozzo
So why didn't Vito let Michael try “a life away from Mafia” on his return from Sicily instead of dragging Michael deeper into criminal life
