The Bronx Tale, Groups

Groups
What are all the groups that Collogero belongs to? (Think in terms of the circles exercise we did in class.) Would you put him in Sonny’s crew, or would you put him and Sonny in their own group? What is Collogero’s Master Status? Why do you think so? Do you think his master status changes throughout the movie?

Collogero belongs to several groups. At the beginning he is solely a member of his family, his friends, and Sonny's crew to an extent. When he grows older he is still a member of his family, his friends, more to Sonny's crew, a student at the high school, a gambler, and more defined as an Italian living in the Bronx of New York. I would put him in Sonny's crew because although he wasn't their age he still participated in the gambling activity and went to the bar and helped out in the fights. However after Sonny died it was as if he was completely separated from them. I would say Collogero's master status was "Italian". It defines how he was raised, where he grew up, the way he dressed, and the people he hung around with. I think he is too young to be considered a mobster and although he is always part of his family and a son, his family too is a subcategory of the master status Italian. At first he may be mainly a son but as he grows up the Italian in him seems to shine more brightly. Almost every other group that he belongs to falls under Italian too, and when Collogero finds himself in the black neighborhood all he appears as is an Italian. The groups were a large part of the movie and clearly defined throughout.