"Sunny was right...the working man IS a sucker"

In sociology class, we recently saw the movie "A Bronx Tale." In the movie, Coliginal, or "C", is a kid who grows up in the Bronx of New York. Growing up he has two role models in his life: His father, a city bus driver with good morals and working ethics, and Sunny, a widely feared gangster with golden street-smarts. He grows up listening to the two constant, contradicting life-teachings given to him between Sunny and His Father. He has equal love for both of them, but as he grows up, he listens more to Sunny's life-advice, and becomes closer to him.  A famous question that is asked in the movie is "Is it better to be loved or feared?" Sunny answers this question saying feared, because it lasts longer than love, and people sometimes take advantage of loved ones. Sunny turns out to be wrong, because as great as it seems to have respect from everyone out of fear,  when Sunny passes away,  no one still fears him, but C still loves him. All C's father had was a low-paying, mediocre job, and a clear conscience when he went to bed every night. But to C, Sunny had it all, the money, the "respect", the street-wisdom. As do most human beings,C wants all of this, but even Sunny didn't want C to have the same life as him. Most things aren't always as great as they seem to be. In life, people tend to reach for this idea of  power and respect. It ends up being a matter of patience; whether you want to get it right away, or your willing to wait and work for it. In my life, my dad always tells me that "You cannot build a house of bricks in one day." This meaning that if you want something or need to do something, there are plenty of ways of getting it done right away, but if you are willing to put for the extra time and effort, no matter how irritating or how time consuming, you will be able to have a clear conscience knowing that you will have a "strong, long lasting, and safe house built."