A Bronx Tale

While watching "A Bronx Tale" I really understood how it relates to sociology. The movie explained how the people around you influence you differently. Calogero's neighborhood has socially constructed their own reality. Because Calogero (C) lives in a very racist neighborhood and hangs out with extremely racist friends, he is unintentionally influenced by them. As hard as he tries to treat everyone equal, when he got in a fight with Jane's brother he made a racist comment. He didn't mean to, but it just slipped out since he is so accustomed to hearing his friends and his neighbors talk like that. C's roles in each group he belongs to are actually very similar. With his friends, with Sonny, and with his dad C acts as a bystander. He tries to not get into trouble, but he doesn't back away from the fights either. I feel like he really wants to share his mind, but something is just holding him back. This is probably because of how and where he lives. Nobody wants to be seen as an outsider or less of a man. In addition, I was really surprised to see how beneficial the relationship between Sonny and C is for both of them. Sonny keeps C in line while C makes Sonny feel more human, and less of a respected/feared figure. Sonny and C's relationship reminds of "A Gang Leader for a Day" when the gang leader befriends the interviewer. As C starts molding into his own person and stops worrying so much of what others think of him, his statuses change. I starts dating a black girl, something his neighborhood would never think of doing. He also stands up to Sonny and starts to "love" him rather than "fear" him. Finally, he starts to disobey his father. C is breaking away from his socially constructed reality and is building a new reality for himself.