The lowest “Made” member of a Mafia crime family, soldiers still command respect in the organization. Soldiers make up a caporegime’s crew. To become full members of the Mafia, soldiers are required to take the oath of silence (omertà) and to “make their bones” by killing another person in service of the family. Paulie Gatto and Rocco Lampone are examples of soldiers from The Godfather.
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Soldier Term Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the term Soldier appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...family,” he dreams of a life of impending luxury. In the crowd, Paulie Gatto, a soldier in the Corleone Family, also eyes the wedding envelopes while his boss, the fat Corleone...
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Chapter 11
...find McCluskey’s killer. An assailant tosses a bomb into the Corleone mall, and two Corleone soldiers are murdered in another restaurant. The Five Families War of 1946 has begun.
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