Oranges- The Godfather

              In The Godfather, both the color orange, and the fruit have been appearing in many scenes. The color orange and the fruit are foreshadowing a death: There was one scene with Jack Woltz and a bowl of oranges. A couple scenes later, Jack Woltz wakes up with his dead horse’s head by his legs. Another example of the oranges foreshadowing in The Godfather is the scene where Don Vito Corleone was shot 5 times. That same scene, Don Vito Corleone bought some oranges. Third example of oranges foreshadowing death is near the beginning of the movie. Paulie Gatta gives oranges to Clemenza in a juice. Scenes later, Paulie was killed in a car. 

              Mr. McGuigan has said “twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern”. There are three situations above showing the fruit oranges or the color foreshadows death, making it a pattern. 

             Why did Francis Ford Coppola choose oranges to foreshadow death? The oranges that foreshadow death in The Godfather resemble sanguinello oranges. These types of oranges are considered “blood oranges” because the color on the inside of the orange is a dark red. 

              The fruit and the color orange have showed up many times so far during this movie, making me believe there may be more appearing of these oranges which will foreshadow more death.