In the A Bronx Tale I found Conflict theory and Marxist theory to be the main 2 theories represented. These two theories intertwined into different dynamics all around Calogero's upbringing. Calogero had 3 main influences on his upbringing, his parents, his friends, and the mob. Each group pulled him in a different way. When he gets older his new girlfriend also pulls him into a new direction which changes his outlook in the end on all of his influences. .
In the movie the conflict theory was different because the people who held the power (the mobsters) were in the neighborhood, and not necessarily a higher class. The explanation for the way the system worked was based on fear. Even Lorenzo Anello knew that his kid should not say anything when he witnessed a murder on his stoop. Calogero knew at that same time that the worst thing you could be in that neighborhood was a rat. There were unwritten rules that everyone in the neighborhood knew. Even if you weren't involved with the mobsters at the social club, you did not go against them.
After Calogero stuck up for Sonny, he tried to return the favor by getting Lorenzo involved in running numbers for the mob. Lorenzo had too much pride in being a honest working man to get involved. He was trying to set an example for his son, and did not want to take any money earned through crime. Even when Calogero earned $600 at the bar, Lorenzo made him return it. Lorenzo seemed to be the only one in the movie trying to set this example. Even Calogero's mother seemed to not mind the money or the number running idea. So there was a conflict with his father vs. the mob setting up a similar class conflict theory. .
Sonny thought the working man was a sucker. Lorenzo told Calogero that the working man was a tougher man, he got up for work everyday. This conflict came up several times in the movie, including when they went to the fight and Calogero wanted to go sit in the ringside seats.
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