The Bronx Tale

In the movie, The Bronx Tale, C had many groups that he belonged to. I think C belonged to a group that just involved him and Sunny, his own family, the group with his friends, and religion. All of these four groups had huge aspects in C's life, because they all influenced him to make decisions that he sometimes did not know how to make. Every time C went on the bus with his father and they passed the church, he would pray. He also prayed at Sunny's funeral. Also, his dad influenced him a lot in the story, because even though C disobeyed him a lot, C still asked his dad what he should do in some situations. His dad told him not to tell on Sunny after he witnessed the murder, so he did not. C was also influenced a lot by Slick and his other friends, because his friends hated certain kinds of people and always ditched school. They all wore the exact same things like a hat, and they influenced their values on C. When his friends were going to throw things on fire on the African Americans, C went because those were his friends and they were the only ones he had. He thought it was wrong, but he was going to do it anyways if it wasn't for Sunny. C does not belong in Sunny's "crew," because he was never violent nor participated in what kind of activities his people did. Him and Sunny belonged in a group together, because they spent time together a lot and both influenced each other a great deal. Sunny treated C as his own child in most cases, and C looked up to Sunny on advice about things such as girls. They both understood each other. I also think where C lived influenced what he thought about the world. Even though he ended up liking an African American, which was a not right back in those days, he still was taught to hate those people. There was a line from where white people could go to, but it stopped as it entered the black neighborhoods. If a white person entered a black neighborhood or a black person entered a white neighborhood, people would probably end up hurting them. This is what happened to C's friends, because they wanted to hurt the African Americans when they were in the car and they themselves ended up dying. They were taught to hate those people, and African Americans were taught to hate them. They were enemies for no reason.