"The Bronx Tale" was a movie about Chazz Pomenteri's life growing up in the Bronx. I'm not usually one to watch that type of movie, but it sent a really good message to "Never waste good talent", and it was powerful to see what was really happening back in the 1960's. The main character, Collogero, was shown as a kid and then eight years later when he became a teenager. It showed the types of groups he was classified in as well. If someone were to watch the movie that wasn't in a sociology class they would probably say that C was a part of Sonny's group. After learning about how people are put in different groups, C was not as much part of the large group as he and Sonny were in their own group. All of the guys in the group feared Sonny, and once he was dead they didn't care. Sonny and C cared about each other, belonging in their own group. C also belonged in the group of his friends. He would try to do exactly what they were doing because they were the kids he had grown up with, but because he was growing up, he realized some of the things they did were stupid and wrong. When he saw his friends in body bags after being caught in a fire from the flame throwers being thrown back at them, C understood that he was only with them to have people his own age around him. Above all, C's master status was a son, not just to his father, but to Sonny as well. He would take advice from both of them, and would never try to upset either of them, even though he hurt his father a few times.
We all have a master status even if we never think about it. My master status is being a friend because I'm the one that everyone can trust, depend on, come to for advice, or just for a good laugh. I do my best to make sure other people have a good time. Even though that is my master status I'm a sister, a daughter, camp counselor, swim instructor, best friend, and many more. This movie made me understand how groups are formed better, especially with having segregated areas.
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