Blog Topic #1: Rhetorical Strategies

1. "Behind every great fortune, there is a crime- Balzac (p. 9)"-- This quote is an adage, as it is an old proverb, directly relating to the story of The Godfather in that the Corleone family's fortune is made in mafia affairs.
2. "The bride, however, gave up her virginity with a great deal more willingness than she gave up her purse. For the latter, he had to blacken one of her eyes (p. 47)."-- The prior quote contains an understatement given that the author presents the reader with a situation in which a bride is unwilling to give up her wedding purse to her husband, so he beats her- however, this is stated in a mild manner of "blackening her eye".
3. " 'He's a Sicilian,' (p. 73)"-- This quote presents metonymy, given that the situation in the book this quote was spoken by Hagen, by calling Sollozzo a "Sicilian", he is referring to the fact that the man is a part of the Italian Mafia.
4. "On the embalming table was the bullet-smashed face of Sonny Corleone. The left eye drowned in blood had a star fracture in its lens. The bridge of his nose and left cheekbone were hammered into pulp. (p. 260)"-- This quote is an example of vivid imagery as the author uses explicit detail to give the reader the gruesome image of the slaughter of Sonny and the violence caused by the mafia.