The young Calogero grows up fascinated by the local Mafia boss, Sonny. Sonny quotes an Italian
Renaissance writer, Machiavelli. What is this quote? Does Calogero agree with Sonny or not, at the end of
the movie? Why does Calogero say that Sonny is a case of “wasted talent’? Does this represent a negative
judgement on the Mafia overall?
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