The path he chose,(and some may argue,the one that he was forced into),while noble, in the sense of protecting the Corleones, turned out to be the great tragedy of his life.
He lost everything, his brothers,his wives,his children,and eventually,his beloved daughter,gave the Corleone Family business to Vincent, and died broken and alone.
It is not the path he was forced to choose, It is the wife he chose that done him in
I may be misunderstanding what you're saying.but is it your position that Michael choosing Kay somehow caused him to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey?
I meant choosing to marry her
after returning from Sicily
True he lost his first wife killed by the car bomb planted for him and Fredo because Vito stepped over him for his kid brother but no other grief if she had been like Carmela she'd have kept the family together no matter what
1. Anthony would have been at Law school
2. they wouldn't have been at the Opera where Mary was killed
As soon as Michael heard about Vito's shooting, Michael is the one 'unchoosing' Kay and then ended up
having to kill Sollozzo and McCluskey
The most significant difference between Michael's wife Kay and Vito's wife Carmela is, Carmela never questioned Vito about the business and Carmela's love, loyalty and support for Vito was unconditional
So Vito never had to worry about their blood family at all and it is worth noting when Vito and Carmela married Vito was a law abiding shop employee in a Grocery store and only became Mafia
after as opposed to when Michael and Kay married, Kay
knew Michael was Mafia
