I recently was reading the novel in english class, and I read it all the time. At that particular time, it was my fifth time through it. My teacher says to me that I should read something more intellectual (I am in an advanced placement program and am in 10th grade), something with more literary value. So I told her that The Godfather was full of literary value. Mario Puzo develops the characters brilliantly, which I have had to write several essays about, just on other novels. The novel also includes the universal themes of Love, Betrayal, and Family that appear in every book we read for class. It ended with me being put outside for the rest of the period because I was insubordinate. What do you all think of the novel, in terms of it's literary value?

You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like, you'd say to somebody: "You're gonna like this guy; he's all right. He's a goodfella. He's one of us." You understand? We were goodfellas, wiseguys.