1. THE GOODFHATERBY MARIO PUZO 2. MARIO PUZOAmerican writter (1920- 1999)Novels: The Fortunate Pilgrim,The Sicilian.Sreenplays: Superman,Superman 2Mario Puzo and Ford Coppola wonan oscar for the bestSCREENPLAY . (The goodfather) 3. INTRODUCTION It was written in1969 .In 1972 it was made into a film(Francis Ford Coppola) Its a CRIME NOVEL.PENGUIN READERS LEVEL 4. 4. SUMMARYMain Characters:D.Vito Corleone: Cold,dishonest, generous, violent. Michel (the Corleones youngestson): kind, calm, clever,violent, cold-hearted. 5. PLOT It is about the Fights between the5 criminal families in NY.Michel changes slowly along thebook.A lot of gansters and murders.A lot of violence (in the chapters14 and 15 , 9 people die)At the end of the book the violenceis growing 6. Some Sentences and Words Sollozo was called The turck he wasexcellent at killing people with a knife.(violence) Don Corleone said, I want you to findout what hes finding, what hes gotunder his fingernails = quesconde? Betting shop = casa de apuestas To Kidnap = secuestrar Nod = saludar con la cabeza 7. My opinion Good book. Easy to read it, but it is a bit Mess (there area lot of names) My conclusion: The revenge is bad for everybody. All the people lose. I RECOMMEND IT to you because youcan learn somethig from it.