Literary Feature Hunt-Suspense

The literary device suspense is used in the movie The Godfather quiet effectively and the director uses it to his advantage in order to hook the audience and keep them interested in the movie. In class, I couldn't help but notice how everyone is itching to continue watching the movie since we want to know what the outcome is and how it happened. One scene that was especially interesting was the scene where Michael Corleone was planning to kill McCluskey and Sollazo. This grabbed my attention because here was the same person who said he was not interested in being part of the family business and he was know expertly strategizing on ways to murder the two. I was completetly paying full attention while watching this situation because I wanted to know if he would come through. In the scene where Michael does follow the plan and meet with Sollazo and McClusky in the car, I found feeling scared when they passed the restaurant where the planned to meet since it may have put Michael Corleone's life in danger. However, that was just a trick to make sure no one was following them and they returned to the original place where they were to meet. I also found the scene especially suspenseful because his character did not follow exatly what the pre-plotted plan was. For example, he was suppose to come out of the bathroom shooting, however he chose to sit back down. At this point I thought that he was having second thoughts about the whole thing and I did not think he was going to go through with it. I also thought that if he was not going to take the lives of McCluskey and Sollazo, I thought they would ultimately kill him. Except, as he sat down for a couple of more minutes he shot them both, first the cop and second, Sollazo and was standing there for a few moments and I thought he may be caught by someone. However, he was not and he did dropped the gun like planned and fled the scene. Suspense is used to catptivate the audience and in the movie The Godfather, it was used quite efficiently and appropriately.