Dinesh Kamath compares Sonny Corleone with Michael Corleone; says that in the movie Godfather, Michael was a much tougher character than Sonny

The first picture is of Dinesh Kamath, Editor of Newsband, the writer of this piece.

The second picture is of Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in movie 'Godfather'.

The third picture is of James Caan as Sonny Corleone in movie 'Godfather'.

The last picture is of Marlon Brand as Vito Corleone in movie 'Godfather'.

Hi,

Today I'll talk about Michael Corleone and Sonny Corleone. I strongly feel that in the movie 'Godfather', Michael Corleone was a much tougher character than this elder brother Sonny Corleone who initially appeared to be much stronger than all his brothers.

Michael was not interested in family business and he had chosen to serve the country by joining the marines. Michael was an educated man and hence could think sanely. Sonny felt that Michael was betraying the family by not choosing to join the family business and he called him 'Stupid' for placing country above the family. But their father Vito Corleone had more faith in Michael's abilities and he never approved of Sonny's hot-tempered nature and his tendency to make hasty decisions. Vito turned out to be right when Sonny is badly gunned down by the enemies and then Michael changes his decision and enters into the family business and he proves to be the most successful Godfather. He manages to do what neither Vito nor Sonny could have done.

Michael would never use his fist. Sonny was very good at physical fight. He would get involved in physical brawls time and again. Michael could talk and reason out coolly and this Sonny could never do. All the families who were the rivals of Corleone family dreaded Sonny because of his powerful military brains and mass-killing abilities and they had thought that once Sonny ended, the Corleone family would cease to become the top mafia family in New York. But Michael proved them wrong after he took over the Godfather's position from Vito Corleone, who retired due to old age, and after Sonny was brutally gunned downed by the rival families. Michael coolly and one by one wipes off all the enemies of his family and sees to it that his family remains the topmost family till his natural death at a very old age. Thus Michael managed to prove that he was a much more powerful military brain than Sonny or even his father Vito Corleone. Bye!