Collogero's Groups

In the movie, A Bronx Tale, the main character, Collogero, belongs to several different groups throughout his life. One of the groups he belongs to is his family... his real family. His mom and dad watch out for him while his dad teaches him valuable lessons; "The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." But they also try to protect him from another group he is in, which is Sunny and the mobsters. Sunny is like a father to him, however, sometimes C forgets about his biological father's advice and puts Sunny before him. C's father tells him people don't respect Sunny, they fear him. He later finds this out after Sunny accuses him of doing something to his car, C is shocked that Sunny didn't trust him after all these years. However, Sunny looks out for C and tells him not to be apart of the group of friends he hangs around with. This group has different values and intentions than C, which often gets him into trouble. While they are racist and ignorant, he seems wiser and more open to different things. Somehow with all of these groups, everything goes back to Sunny. I believe that the group he is in with Sunny is his master status. He is C's mentor in his life and after C realized Sunny saved his life he developed the utmost respect for him. C also realizes that Sunny was wrong about fear lasting longer than love. After he died, nobody feared him, instead, C, his dad, and the other man who's life was saved by Sunny, still loved him and cared for him, even though he was gone. I think that Sunny's influence on C's childhood shaped him as a person and made him who he grew up to be.