Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather' Part 2
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Michael has a flashback of his father’s birthday, the day he announced that he’d joined the United States military. This scene is ironic in a couple of ways: 1) he separates himself from the Family business on the day of his father’s birthday and becomes the new Don of the Corleone Family on the day of his father’s death; 2) Michael joined the Army to fight and kill foreigners on behalf of his countrymen and at the end of the sequel he gives the order to have his own brother executed.
Everyone’s disappointed by his decision to join the Army because his father (symbolically, God) already has plans and a purpose for him. Michaels decision to join the military is out of rebellion against having his free will usurped by his all-powerful all-knowing father. Yet, in the end, he ends up being exactly what his father had originally designed for him to be. In the book, the Don says “every man has one destiny” and the film ends with Michael pondering the inevitability of his own destiny.
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