ition from war hero to Godfather. In the beginning of the movie, we see Michael in his army uniform all smiles and laughs. He is very engaging with Kay, telling her stories about the fam!
             ily, particularly the one about Luca Brasi. This is very different from the Michael we see at the end of the movie when he firmly tells Kay not to ask about his business. There are many milestones in his transition, but it all starts with the attempt on his father's life. Coppla uses a cut away technique in so that we first see Kay and Michael out doing Christmas shopping together. Then we see Luca Brasi getting ready to meet Bruno Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Luca gets killed and soon after we see Vito shot. We cut back to the Christmas shopping, but this time it's Tom and then Sollozzo takes him. We go back to Kay and Michael shopping, when Kay sees a newspaper headline with news of his father's shooting. Michael crosses the street to use the phone to call Sonny, and shuts the door on Kay. Sonny tells him to come home back to the family and all the whil
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