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A Mafia term for a murder. Generally, caporegimes and soldiers carry out hits on orders from the Don. Targets of mob hits include people who have betrayed or crossed the family.
Hit Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Hit or refer to Hit. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8 Quotes
“Even the shooting of your father was business, not personal. You should know that by now.”
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In the wake of Sollozzo’s attempted murder of Don Vito Corleone, Sonny Corleone, Tom Hagen, and the caporegimes struggle to find the appropriate response to the hit. Sonny in particular cannot help but take the hit on his father personally, but Hagen reminds him that it was strictly business. This passage is one of several moments in the novel where Puzo demonstrates why it is ultimately impossible for the Corleones to separate their blood family from their crime Family—business is personal in the world of the novel. By assuming the role of patriarch over a Family business that involves his 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 asp
Chapter 9 Quotes
He was surprised to find himself so secretive with Kay. He loved her, he trusted her, but he would never tell her anything about his father or the Family. She was an outsider.
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In this passage, Michael grapples with the way that his father’s perilous brush with death brought out in him a fierce family loyalty that now supersedes his love for Kay. Here, Puzo demonstrates the all-consuming nature of a Mafia Family, how it actually undermines the very concept of family loyalty that it claims to honor. This quote marks the moment where Michael Corleone changes from a man who wants to reject his family destiny to one who wants to embrace it. In choosing to become more involved with the Family’s retaliation against Sollozzo and McCluskey, Michael sets himself down a 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
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Hit Term Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the term Hit appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...suspects Sollozzo, but knows the Turk must have powerful allies to have dared such a hit. When Clemenza mentions to Sonny that Paulie was too sick to guard the Don that...
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Chapter 4
...room, while Sonny and Tessio are waiting in Don Corleone’s corner office. Michael notices a “hit list” that includes the names Phillip Tattaglia and Sollozzo. Hagen’s wife, Theresa, sits anxiously, awaiting...
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Chapter 10
...small army of private detectives around Don Corleone. Michael also learns that the Corleones successfully hit Bruno Tattaglia earlier that morning. With Bruno dead, Sollozzo once again calls Sonny to set...
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Chapter 11
...the gun he will use to kill McCluskey and Sollozzo. Clemenza warns Michael that the hits will pit the Corleones in a war with all of the Five Families but insists...
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Chapter 13
The narrative shifts backward in time to a few weeks before the hit on Don Corleone. Johnny and Nino are recording new music in Los Angeles. Nino fiddles...
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Chapter 29
Michael reasons that Tessio’s plan makes sense: by setting up the hit, Tessio stands to inherit the Corleone Family and forge an allegiance with Barzini that will...
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