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The Godfather
Over the past term I read Mario Puzo’s The Godfather. The book itself is an action packed crime novel that revolves around the Corleone crime family.

The main character in this book is Michael Corleone, the Godfather’s son. Michael was introduced in the novel as a young man in his twenties who did not want to be involved with the family business. The book reveals that Michael enrolled in college to become a lawyer in order to escape the family. Michael ends up dropping out of college and enlists in the Marine Corps to fight in the Pacific even with his father’s misgivings. Michael was awarded a Navy Cross for bravery and was then discharged in 1945 to recover from battle, later meeting his future wife Kay Adams.

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