The Godfather is the story of a Mafia family. It follows the rise of Michael Corleone within the family. Michael was once a war hero and did not want to be involved in the family business. When his father is shot though, Michael takes revenge on the people who did it and becomes a part of the Mafia lifestyle. When his older brother is murdered, Michael ascends to become the boss of the family, and …showed first 75 words of 598 total…

…showed last 75 words of 598 total…on whether or not they help him. It also shows the changes he has made in the movie. The baptism and the baby represent good, which he was in the beginning of the movie. The murders represent the evil man he has become. Coppola uses the montage sequence with the fast cutting between the contrasting images to show how quickly Michael has transformed from "the good son" to the head of a Mafia crime family.