A Bronx Tale

As we come to a close of Unit 1, this week in sociology we watched A Bronx Tale. Even though I missed a day in the middle, I still sensed the overall theme the movie was trying to portray. This movie also covered all of our Unit 1 topics. If discussing Micro-Macro Dynamics, the fuel that causes racism is society as a whole as well as our parents. We cannot help that whether we like it or not we grow up just like our parents. This may not be true in all cases but we learn what they believe at a young age which is why "C" feels he isn't racist, but that one slip of the tongue was because of his parents and friends. Also, in the movie neighborhoods were separated and we got a sense of that when the music changes. The neighborhoods are segregated because that is how their parents grew up and theirs before that. It was a never ending cycle of racism and segregation. In my life, I see my mother getting more and more like my grandmother. She does little habits and sayings that I know my grandmother does. I feel as I get older, I might start to do that too.


Calogero belongs to many groups throughout different times in the movie. He belongs to his family, his school, his friends, with Sonny and with Jane. I would put C in his own group with Sonny because I feel they had a more special bond than C did with anyone else in Sonny's crew. I think Calogero's master status in the beginning was a son. His father and him were really close and their bond was evident. As the movie progressed and C grew closer with Sonny, his master status, I feel, changed to a friend. Calogero was a friend to many people and he never hated anyone. C cared about a lot of people; even Sonny when no one else seemed to care at his funeral. My own master status has changed from daughter to gymnast. I feel as you grow up your master status with almost always change. When I was young people always knew me from my parents. Even though that still happens, I am more of an independent.

Compared to everyone else in the movie, Calogero is the most mindful. While everyone else in the neighborhood is racist towards black people, C keeps an open mind and never judges anyone by the color of their skin. He begins to understand that he is more mindful than his friends are when his friends see black people riding their bikes in the Italian's neighborhood. They all fight them and Calogero helps someone because he believes what they are doing is wrong. The person he helps turns out to be the girl he wants to date's brother. His mindfulness made a huge impact with Jane and her brother. Being mindful in my life would help me see that everyone is different, but we can't judge people on those difference. To live a life of hatred is terrible. Like when C asks Sonny if he trusts anyone Sonny replies' "No."
"Thats a horrible way to live."
"For me, its the only way."
"Not for me, not for me."
When C says he won't live a life where he doesn't trust anyone, it was a powerful realization that he is the most mindful character.