【正文】 , who encouraged me to persist and supplied me with the best they could offer. Without all the support, I could not have finished this tough work. 1 Contents 中文摘要 .............................................................................................................ⅰ Abstract...............................................................................................................ⅱ Acknowledgments...............................................................................................iv Introduction..........................................................................................................1 I. The Phenomenon of the American Social Conflicts in The Godfather.............3 A. The Criminal Activities..............................................................................3 Actions Committed by Civilians Towards Civilians................4 Criminality Committed by the Mafia Towards Civilians.................5 Committed by the Mafioso Towards Mafioso.............................7 B. The Governments`s Corruption..................................................................8 C. Danger of the National Security...............................................................10 II. The Origin of the Phenomenon......................................................................12 A. The Primary Cause—Economic System .................................................12 B. The Main Cause—Power of Social Class................................................14 C. The Unneglect Cause—Culture Diversity...............................................15 III. The Alleviation of Conflicts.........................................................................17 A. The New Operation Rules........................................................................16 B. The Solution.............................................................................................18 of Social Inquality................................................................18 and Cultural Acknowledgment...............................................18 Values.......................................................................19 Conclusion..........................................................................................................21 Notes...................................................................................................................22 Bibliography.......................................................................................................24 1 An Analysis of American Social Conflicts in The Godfather Introduction ―Behind every great fortune there is crime‖ said Honor233。s daughter seems to be a more sophisticated reason than the primitive motive of her offenders. Even though this is true, the selfadministrated justice of Don Corleone, who acts as a judge, has the same massive degree of violence. With this Puzo wanted to show his readers that even if the motives for both crimes are different. Yet they are mitted in a similarly brutal and savage way. 3. Crimes Committed by the Mafioso Towards Mafioso For the crimes that are mitted by mafioso towards Mafioso the never uses the theme of violence and counter violence again. However unlike the Civilians the Mafiosi almost always act with the intention to kill: The first bullet caught Don Corleone in the back. He felt the hammer shock of its impact but made his body move toward the car. The next two bullets hit him in the buttocks and sent him sprawling in the middle of the street. Meanwhile the two gunmen, careful not to slip the rolling fruit, started to follow in order to finish him off…The gunmen fired two more hasty shots at the Don lying in the gutter. One hit him in the fleshy part of his arm and the second hit him in the calf of his right leg. Though these wounds were the least serious the bled profusely, forming small pools of blood beside his body. But by this time Don Corleone had lost Don Corleone, his criminal activities focus on gambling and alcohol smuggling business, while he refused to take part in the drug, or the prostitution ―business‖, due to his own sense of morality. His disagreement with 8 drug dealings leaded to the assault on his life. He was an obstacle in the business of all rivalling clans and therefore they intended to eliminate him. In the Mafia environment killing is the same as operating against a business petitor. In opposition to the crimes between civilians, the Mafia established a crime culture. Crime is not the exception but the rule and a regular business strategy. There are several insights concerning criminality that can be deviated from The Godfather. Firstly: Criminality will lead to further criminality. Secondly: Criminality between civilians is a horrible and gruesome exception and often something personal. Thirdly: In opposition to that criminality, which is mitted by the Mafia is just part of a regular crime culture. Severe violence is deemed a something normal, a regular instrument to gain economic success. Fourthly: The Godfather amalgamates the spheres of civilians and the Mafia by regularly integrating people who need his help into his Mafia Empire. B. The Government’s Corruption The preceding section presented the different categories of crimes and their phonotypical characteristics. Subsequently it is necessary to explore the external circumstances that enable the anized criminality. The most essential external factor is the Government180。 which brought him on the path of criminality. Great deals of the people in Don Corleone‘s apparatus of power are poor immigrants from Italy. They work for the Don because they want to rise in his hierarchy and gain greater amounts of money and power within it. This whole s