Doors

       As I'm sure a lot of other people have said, doors are a recurring idea throughout the Godfather. Personally, I believe that Francis Ford Coppola has utilized these doors to create a sort of portal from the families mafia or business life, and the families family life. There are distinct differences between these two lives that the family leads, which I think that Coppola has tried to portray more in order to make this distinguishable; however, I do believe that, when Vito Corleone is sent to the hospital, those two lives begin to merge, and the family starts to go into chaos, and confusion. This is shown in the scene when the family is having dinner, and Sonny starts talking about business. This begins a slight feud between Sonny and everyone else, as the women pick up on the fact that Vito never talked business at the table.
       Another time when the family begins splitting up is when Sonny starts taking charge. Tom Hagen states that there should be no decisions based on personal matters, and that everything should remains strictly business.