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Originally posted by AppleOnYa:
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Originally posted by Don Sonny Corleone:
[b] -He was hauled back from NY. I dont think he's leaving the compound. Even a 10 year old is goin to know somethings up
He's got nowhere else to go. He was found & 'hauled back' on his brother's orders and was told 'not to be scared and that Michael knew he was tricked by Roth. He was definitely scared at first...but by the end, thought he had been forgiven. Plenty of 10yr olds alot sharper than Fredo.

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Originally posted by Don Sonny Corleone:
..Fredo might be stupid, but hes been around this business all his life.He's not that stupid
He may have been around this business all his life...but he'd never seen anyone betray thier own brother (groundbreaker that he was), so there was really nothing to compare his situation to. If he was stupid enough to be duped by Roth/Ola...he was stupid enough to believe that the embrace from Michael meant he was forgiven and safe (and so was most of the audience).

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Originally posted by Don Sonny Corleone:
-Listen to the resignation in his voice when he says "OK Al, lets go"
He's disappointed that he can't take his nephew fishing with him.

Waiting for the 'other' reasons.

cool

Apple [/b]
Wait Everyone is saying he didn't know because he stayed...or something to that nature among other things, but I argue this point mostly...He knew at the second anthony was taken from the boat.
As to people saying that he would have left the compound, where exactly would he have gone? to another family? To whoever was running the Corleone's in NY? by the time of Fredo's demise the Corleone Family had taken Car of all of it's business. Roth Was Dead, and no family Would offer Fredo protection for fear of the Corleone's coming down on them. I admit Fredo was slow, but not as slow as a child. He went AWOL after Cuba, but he knew as well as anyone that in the End he'd have to go back to Michael. Maybe he thought Going back would make things easier on him, and I think he hoped he wouldn't be killed for his crime, but deep down inside he knew his days were numbered, in that life, if you are in it you know what consequences befall what actions.


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