ANALYZING PUZO & DONATO

Common themes in Mario Puzo's Crime Novel, Fortunate Pilgrim and Pietro Di Donato's Christ in Concrete

Mario Puzo's Fortunate Pilgrim and Pietro Di Donato's Christ in Concrete

Introduction

This discussion will attempt to shed light on the similarities between Mario Puzo's Crime Novel, Fortunate Pilgrim and Pietro Di Donato's Christ in Concrete. In order to do so adequately, the discussion will not only consider the relevance of the similarities between the two texts, but also attempt to identify the characteristics that are similar amongst some of the two text's principle characters. The discussion will specifically engage with how these books help understand immigration and how they are specifically similiar in terms of the protagonists' dislike towards their nationalities and the experiences that constitute immigration. In the same vein, the thesis of this paper is that the similarities are extensive to the point that Mario Puzo's Crime Novel, Fortunate Pilgrim and Pietro Di Donato's Christ in Concrete are nearly identitical with minimal differences.

Discussion & Analyses

These books illustrate the immigrant experience by providing an insight into the challenges faced by immigrants in the new land and the perceptions that instill them with the courage to leave their native homelands. The immigrants are less than satisfied with the life they have in the new land and the comfort they expected to find in the land of opportunities in sharp contrast to the lives that they are living. All the same, the reasons because of which they chose to leave their native homes continue to sustain their courage. This is a rarely depicted image of the immigrant experience that the books illustrate.

These books help understand immigration successfully by bringing the cold hard truth into light. The books tell their respective stories without any sugar-coating and remain sincere to the characters and the scenarios in which the characters struggle. Furthermore, the books focus entirely on the experiences of individuals who choose to immigrate, thereby enabling the development of an understanding regarding the ups and downs that riddle the immigration process. Specifically, the books help understand immigration by giving the readers a front-row seat to observe the intricacies that riddle the lives of the people who choose to immigrate.

Dislike towards their nationalities appears to be a trait that the protagonists seem to share in both the books. The protagonists harbor a strong dislike towards their home lands and percieve that they have been let down by their native land. They clearly expected a better life and more opportunities from their native land and it was the violation of these expectations that instilled a strong hatred in their hearts towards their nationalities. They do not wish to hold allegiance with their nationalities and strive to become part of the new culture.

The protagonists of the two novels display a significant dislike towards their nationalities. However, their cultural roots are strong and it is only because their native countries were unable to provide them the opportunity to earn a decent living that they chose to take on the risk of ...