Richard: Literary Feature Hunt: Week 2

Literary Feature: Symbol

In the Godfather, an interesting symbol would be the fruit Orange and the color orange. For example, Vito Corleone was shot when he was buying oranges. He almost died. Another time that showed the color orange around Vito Corleone was when he was feeding the goldfish, which were orange. The last time that showed Orange around Vito was when he was playing with his grandson, and he died from a stroke. The color and fruit both symbolizes death towards Vito Corleone. The fish, as mentioned before, a sicillian message of death.

Mario Puzo seemed to view the color orange as death...