It's easy to explain Michael's transition from family outsider at Connie's wedding, to hand-kissed Don Corleone at the end of the movie, to circumstances: Vito's incapacitation, Fredo's incompetence, Sonny's assassination, making him the default Don. But, do you think Michael actually wanted to be the Don?

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.