The motivation is that before Mike became the patriarch of the Corleone family, Mike and Fredo had the best relationship among these brothers.
Analysis:
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In "The Godfather", Mike, on behalf of the Corleone family, is going to buy Moglin's casino and hotel. When negotiating with Moglin, it was obvious that Mike was the speaker and the leader, but Ferredo asked Tom for help at the first time, and had the same disrespect for Mike as the attitude of Theio and Clemenza at the beginning. .
Fredo asked Tom for help, but Tom made it clear that Fredo was now headed by Mike.
After Moglin left angrily, Fredo actually accused Mike in turn. From this incident before Vito was shot, Fredo couldn’t even hold his grip, and Fredo would only cry after Vito was knocked down. It can be seen that if no rescue measures are taken: 1. Fredo is weak and incompetent. He is not responsible for his work. As a member of the Corleone family, he looked at Moglin's eyes and acted everywhere. Moglin slapped him and didn't dare to say anything. Instead, he challenged Mike with his head. When negotiating with Moglin, when the two sides had conflicts, they turned their elbows out. 2. Extremely dissatisfied with Mike. It is reasonable to say that after Sonny’s death, he should have succeeded the Corleone family, but Vito gave the position to Mike. At this moment, he only resents Mike and hates him for taking his position. It should be him. Now he can only be stepped on by Mike, and directed by his younger brother to do something insignificant. Listen carefully to the volume of Fredo speaking to Mike, you can understand how much resentment he is.
This scene paved the way for Fredo's betrayal of Mike in The Godfather 2.
Because of dissatisfaction, because of hatred.
2. In "The Godfather 2", Hymen Rose failed to assassinate Mike. There are too many members of the Corleone family. It is impossible for Mike to know who the ghost is in the first time, but he only does not doubt Tom and Fredo, because if If Mike doesn’t trust them, he won’t let Tom take over him as the temporary patriarch to manage the entire family, nor will Fredo fly to Cuba with two million dollars, let alone tell Fredo. He plans to assassinate Hymen Ross. He gave Tom the responsibility of running the family, which also involved the safety of his wife and children. He told Fredo about the money and the plan to assassinate Hymen Ross, which shows how much he trusts Tom and Fredo.
The unreserved trust in Fredo and his subsequent betrayal broke Mike's heart. All he has done is to maintain the whole family and let everyone live a prosperous life and be happy. Therefore, he firmly believes that his relatives will not betray him. What he did not expect is that he who betrays himself is his favorite and most respected brother. .
The mockery of fate and the cruelty of reality made Mike exhausted physically and mentally.
In "The Godfather 2", after Mike became the family leader, when discussing the price of the casino license with the senator, he looked serious as if the senator owed him tens of thousands of dollars. He is still in its infancy. Throughout "The Godfather 2", Mike's expression has always been serious, cold and indifferent. He hasn't been able to be as confident and handy as Vito now. His serious expression is to prevent his opponent from knowing what he is thinking. Better protect himself and his family. Only when he faces his family---dancing with his wife, and sees his son’s family portrait painted by him, did he show this smile. Then he will still show this smile when facing Fredo. Explain two points:
1. He trusted Fredo, unreserved family trust.
2. It is precisely because it is in front of his family that he can laugh like this, but Mike has never shown such a smile in front of Tom, which shows that in Mike's heart Fredo is greater than Tom. He and his wife and children are of the same level. .
What Fredo didn't know was how much Mike cared about him. His content in Mike's heart was far beyond the reach of others. He just hated, hated Mike for taking away the position that originally belonged to him, hated him for living as a small person under Mike in his entire life, and his feelings for Mike disappeared in this resentment.
3. When Mike knew that Fredo was a traitor, did Mike forgive Fredo? I was forgiven, but only once. It was during the turmoil on New Year’s Eve in Cuba. Mike asked Fredo to come and take him home by helicopter, but Fredo ran away because of fear.
As mentioned earlier, Mike is a serious person, not good at slick tone, so he forgave him when he said "You are still my brother! Fredo...", but Fredo forgave him because Fearing to escape and not seizing this opportunity, this paved the way for Fredo to be killed by Mike in the future.
Many people say that the Sicilian tradition does not allow people to rebel. Once they become a traitor, they must die. This is true, but what must be recognized is that it is the Sicilian tradition, not Mike's code of conduct. Mike is a standard American, surrounded by American culture, receiving the best American education, and pursuing the American dream. He has already regarded himself as an American and the United States as his own country, so he was in Pearl Harbor. After the incident, he immediately joined the army to defend the motherland. It also shows that Mike’s thinking as an American does not match the traditional values of Sicily. Therefore, it is unscientific to use the Sicilian tradition to explain the cause of Fredo’s death. If he were to die, Mike would have killed him as early as in Cuba, at least he would not invite Fredo, who had almost destroyed his family, to go with him during the chaos.
In "The Godfather 2", comparing the attitudes of Connie and Fredo towards Mike, we can see that Connie understands Mike. She finally understands how much sacrifice and effort Mike has made for this family. He is like the old godfather. To pretend to be strong for everyone, but everyone understands Vito, but no one understands Mike. Unlike Vito, who started from scratch, Vito has a heart-to-heart helper in the process of building the empire and respects his friends. It is precisely because he has worked hard from the bottom up to where he is today, Vito can better understand the hardships and difficulties of the people at the bottom. , And it is this understanding, this kindness that allows Vito to walk easily in the path he thought. But Mike can’t. Mike is a rich second-generation. He is not bad in nature but he can’t understand the feelings of others. When the Corleone family was in the most difficult period, he took over as Shuaiyin temporarily. This caused almost everyone to dissatisfy and disagree with him. From the day he took his original position in the old godfather, he was destined to be alone. He could only rely on ruthless, overbearing, hard-line and unreasonable means to maintain the operation of the entire family. From then on, his only role was to maintain the family. It’s growth, and nothing can hurt it. Compared with Vito, Mike is more like an emperor. He is in a place where there is no cold. He does not need the sympathy and understanding of others. What he needs is people's fear of him. Whether there is respect for him is not important anymore, only Only in this way can we protect our wives and children, and protect our loved ones. Mike’s ability is unquestionable. He is smarter and more cunning than Vito, so the Corleone family will reach the true peak under his leadership, but it is also loneliness and kindness that make Vito and Mike the greatest ending. Different, the old godfather whispered before his death, "Life is so beautiful." He died in his favorite garden, and his favorite grandson was by his side, and Mike could not have all of this, he was destined to do so. Only to die alone, without anyone to accompany, no one to understand, all of this is called fate, called Mike's fate.
The reason for saying so much is that Mike is lonely and great, he has endured far more than Vito has endured, and has also lost more. Mike is strong, he is much stronger than ordinary people, but he is not invincible, he also has heartbreak, and his heartbreak, really sad, it is his brother Frey who caused irreparable damage to him. many.
This is why Fredo must die.
The difference between Fredo and Connie is that Connie realized that Mike was not easy, and felt Mike’s hardship and loneliness, but Fredo did not understand that not only did he not understand Mike’s difficulty, but he also hated Mike and hated him. I took away the position of the patriarch of the Corleone family, hated him for not understanding his heart, hated him for his brother, but he shouted at him. In his understanding, Mike is hateful and Mike is cold and ruthless. Yes, I have lost so much and still can't get the management and recognition of the family, so I can only take charge of amusement as a senior chore, and please other big people and even my own younger brother.
After returning from Cuba, Fredo and Mike met for the first time. From the beginning, Fredo said that he knew that the FBI had mastered Pantan Curie, and the others did not know. Then after a vent, he said that they would vote for the Senate. His lawyer is Kestadi. This incident shows: 1. Fredo and Hemen Ross are still hooked up; 2. Even at this moment, Fredo still disrespects Mike and doesn't tell the truth.
When he knew that Hymen Rose wanted to get rid of Mike and embezzle the Corleone family, Fredo was still in contact with him, and he was extremely insincere with Mike. He wanted to reconcile with Mike. When he lay on the chair and roared at Mike and said his dissatisfaction with him, that is, at the moment he complained about Mike, Mike's heart for him was dead, not to mention his existence, his stupid character, great It may be used by opponents of the Corleone family or the FBI, so Fredo's death is inevitable.
4. What Fredo never knows is how important he is to Mike. In the beginning of Connie's wedding, Fredo's attitude towards Kay reflected how good his relationship with Mike was.
Only when the relationship with his younger brother is good enough, will Fredo be so close to Kay, the three of them have no sense of disobedience in the same frame, and the atmosphere is full of joy and joy. At the end of "The Godfather 2", when Mike said that he had joined the army to defend the motherland, everyone was shocked, and then none of them supported his decision. Only Fredo supported him, because only Fredo understood Mike. Others don't care about what they want, and they don't want to understand him.
Fredo is definitely a special existence for Mike. The eldest brother is like a father. Although Fredo has many shortcomings, Mike respects him and loves him, because Fredo can understand Mike. Even if Fredo's coquettish woman spoiled the atmosphere of the party, Mike didn't blame him, but reassured him and said that he loved him.
Mike asked Tom to take his place after he left. It was not that he did not trust Fredo, but that Tom was better able to maintain the operation of the family. He always trusted Fredo, asked him to send money over, and told him his own Plan, even if he knows the fact that Fredo betrayed him, he is willing to forgive him and take him back.
It's not about reputation or wealth. Even if you stabbed me, even if it almost killed me, I meant to reconcile with you because I love you. Unreserved love, unadulterated love. So it’s okay if other people don’t understand me, and I don’t care, but you can’t help but understand me, you can’t hurt me, you can’t, because I have entrusted my heart to you.
It was not his betrayal that killed Fredo, but his complaints, grievances, and dissatisfaction. In short, he didn't love Mike anymore. Mike is a lonely and cold person. He is an emperor and he doesn't care about the thoughts of others, but when Fredo roared against him, he understood that the man in front of him was no longer with him. The person who understood him, was kind to him, and loved him deeply was dead. From then on, he was really alone. No one really understood him anymore.
"Fredo, now you are nothing to me. You are not a brother or a friend. I don’t want to know you and what you do. I don’t want to see you in a hotel. I don’t want you to approach my house. When you When you want to see your mother, let me know first so that I can avoid it, understand?"
Because Fredo has nothing to Mike, he betrayed himself and the family, and his existence is very likely to be used by opponents and the FBI to deal with the Corleone family, so his death is already doomed. When he uttered his resentment towards Mike, the two were already passers-by.
The simple reason is why Fredo died, it's just because he broke Mike's heart. He should be the last person to break Mike's heart.
In the novel "The Godfather 2 Sicilian", when Gilliano was betrayed and killed by Pisciotta, he shouted, "Aspanu, I believe..." Believe in the fate of your own happiness, believe in your friends. His sincere love. But the benevolent god of death sent him a message: he was betrayed by his friends and ultimately failed. He died in a dream.
Want to be a righteous person, but kill two people in a row.
Want to leave the underworld family, but lead the family to the top.
Want to spend a lifetime with Kai, but lost his child.
The American dream that I want to pursue is nothing but a gorgeous bubble in the sun, which bursts with a single poke.
Then, kill the person you love the most with your own hands.
Want to have friends and relatives, but in the end died alone.
The old godfather had none of him.
This is probably the fate.
Fredo did not die for betraying the family, but after betraying Mike, and his existence was not good for the development of the entire family, so Mike wanted to kill him. Mike is not a murderer. He killed Carlo because Carlo colluded with Basini to frame Sonny. Carlo is an outsider, so he is going to die. But Fredo is not. Fredo is his brother. He betrayed himself and his family. Mike can forgive him, but this betrayal is based on Fredo passing the old godfather Vito to Mike instead of himself. Mike arbitrarily calls on his own dissatisfaction and hatred. If he is forgiven, he is likely to betray the family again, because the hatred in his heart will not be eliminated so easily. Mike’s existence will make him always think that he is the elder brother but he will be rejected by the younger brother. Stepping on the foot, you will never be able to resurrect, and there is always dissatisfaction in my heart. This dissatisfaction is a great threat to the existence of Mike and the family.
So Mike must and must get rid of Fredo.
Only because Fredo no longer loves Mike.
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