Originally posted by Caporegime: A: Johnny Fontane
Q: He assassinated the thugs who attacked Bonasera's daughter.
Paulie Gatto did not kill the thugs who attacked Bonasera's daughter. They were beaten severely as their "justice"; however, they were not killed. That is the point of the scene in the study when Vito tells Tom "I want good people. Not people that will get carried away [with the job]. I mean, we're not murderer's no matter what that undertaker says."
In the Novel, it is well written that Paulie's crew beat the hell out of those guys and were told "If those guys get out of the hospital in less than a month, you're [Paulie's guys] going back to driving trucks."
As for the question:
"He was a hot head who died like a dog."
I assume it is Moe Greene - called a hot head by Hyman Roth. It could be Joey Zaza - called a "dog" indirectly, by Michael.
If I'm not wrong (and I probably am):
Q: He's the Senator that didn't come to Connie's wedding but called the house to explain his absence and he sent a gift.
"The Godfather was a man to whom everybody came for help and never were they disappointed. He made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself. It was not necessary that he be your friend, it was not even important that you had no means with which to repay him. Only one thing was required. That you, yourself, proclaim your friendship. And then, no matter how poor or powerless the supplicant, the Godfather would take that person's troubles to his heart. He would let nothing stand in the way to a solution of that person's woe. His reward? Friendship, the respectful title 'Don' and sometimes the more affectionate salutation of 'Godfather.' Perhaps, to show respect only, never for profit, some humble gift - a gallon or homemade wine or a basket of fresh baked goods on a holiday. It was understood to proclaim that you were in his debt and that he had the right to call upon you at any time to redeem the debt by some small service." -- Mario Puzo, The Godfather (1969).
