Mafia Violence

A Mafia Family’s Use of Violence Violence can either be used as mean of attaining power or as means of revenge. It is a highly known fact that the main focus of a stereotypical Mafia family should centre around the use of violence. “The Godfather” as well as “The Last Don” are two novels which hold true to this focus and are interestingly enough both written by the same author: the late Mario Puzo. …

…violence and kill to rise the ladder to the top. In “The Last Don”, the Clericuzio family already had all the power that they would ever want and therefore they are led to a life of revenging attacks against them. It is a given fact that Mafia families are forced to get their message across through violence. The reasons behind a familie’s use of force can be related to how much power they hold.