Colton Heller- First Paragraph (draft)

There is a basic confusion in the minds of American people as to the difference between what is true, and what is perceived true by the mafia movies. The movies show how mobsters are respected, have money, and are invincible, but are they all that in reality? There is a sense that there are images of mobsters printed into ones head, but the reality contridicts the illusion of the mobster lifestyle. Movies, books, and newspapers can make the viewer think of someone in a completely different sense. The movie Bonx Tale is a perfect example, Chazz Palminteri, the writer of the movie, makes his star act of Sonny appear to be the perfect person, ands a viewer you agree. However, in reality, Sonny does not have everything he really wants and understands throughout experience in the movie that he is actually feared not loved. He is iconic in this movies because everyone wants to be like him, but the mobster we all become attached to and "love", ends up getting killed. The illusion of a powerful mobster contradicts the fact of a dead man.