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Neri is a former Sicilian American New York City police officer who becomes Michael Corleone’s loyal and trusted bodyguard and enforcer. As a police officer, Neri amassed a fearsome reputation as short-tempered and prone to meting out violent punishment on offenders. His favored weapon was a large flashlight, which he used to crack the skulls of perpetrators. After Neri accidentally kills the abusive African America pimp, Wax Baines, a judge convicts him of voluntary manslaughter. Tom Hagen and Peter Clemenza liken Neri’s personality to that of Luca Brasi and secure his release from prison. After meeting with Michael, Neri swears his loyalty to the Corleone Family and becomes Michael’s personal enforcer. Neri carries out the assassinations of both Moe Greene and Emilio Barzini.
Albert “Al” Neri Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Albert “Al” Neri or refer to Albert “Al” Neri. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 30 Quotes
He understood that he would be happier in the world the Corleones had created than in the world outside.
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In this passage, the novel charts how Al Neri ended up in the Corleone Family’s fold: after he accidently murders a pimp, the police force discharges him, and he is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced him to prison, but the Corleones intervene. This quote is emblematic of how Puzo skillfully presents his story in a way that makes readers sympathize with the Mafia’s point of view. That legitimate society would punish an officer of the law for ridding the world of a vile pimp and drug dealer appears to support the Mafia’s view that legitimate power is corrupt and untrustworthy. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Qu
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Albert “Al” Neri Character Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the character Albert “Al” Neri appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 27
Michael Corleone arrives in Las Vegas with his new bodyguard, Albert Neri, and Tom Hagen. That evening, Michael dines with Fredo, Tom, Lucy, Jules, Nino, and Johnny....
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...see that Nino is clearly at death’s door. Before they depart for the airport, Al Neri tells Michael that he has Moe Greene “mugged and numbered up here.”
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Chapter 28
...find Moe Greene shot to death in his mistress’s Hollywood home. A month later, Al Neri returns home to New York after a vacation in the Caribbean by way of Las...
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Chapter 30
Albert Neri is in his Bronx apartment dressing in his police officer’s uniform to prepare for an...
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One night in Harlem, however, Neri beat a pimp, drug dealer, and abuser named Wax Baines so badly that Baines died....
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Before his death, Don Corleone believed that Neri could be a new “Luca Brasi” for the Family. Once, Michael asked his father why...
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Back in the present, and dressed in his police uniform, Al Neri prepares to do battle for Don Michael Corleone.
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Chapter 31
...sex with a prostitute, and fires four bullets into his stomach. Later, Lampone drives Al Neri to Rockefeller Center, where Neri approaches Don Barzini and his bodyguards en route to meet...
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...Michael answers. Relieved, Kay goes into the kitchen to make drinks when she sees Clemenza, Neri, and Lampone enter Michael’s room with their bodyguards in tow. “Don Michael,” Clemenza says. Kay...
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Chapter 32
...his own New York Family, while Rocco Lampone is now the Corleone’s senior caporegime. Al Neri is in charge of security in the Corleone-owned Vegas hotels, while Tom Hagen stays as...
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