"Is it true?" Kay asks the straight-faced Michael.
"No," he replies simply.
When Kay leaves, it is revealed that Michael is to become the new Don of the Corleone family. As Kay watches to much of her dismay, a bodyguard slowly closes the door on her, shutting her out of the mafia. As we analyzed the position Kay was in during the film, she has just been accepted by the family, only to have the door close on her, shutting her out of Michael's life forever. This ending could also signify how Michael has gone so deep to save his family from destruction, that he has lost himself on the way, and has completely shut the door on his past life.
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good ideas here: I wonder about the family's motivations, though. Is Michael really saving the family from destruction? This is a family whose fortune was built on crime and violence. Despite living in a racist US in the 40s, and earlier, it's not like the only options were destruction or being a hugely wealthy mob family.
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