Boyz N The Hood Analysis

Ernest J. Gaines said "There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those controlled by the past". Boyz in the Hood definitely put a lot of truth behind those words. After watching the film you have to ask yourself a series of questions: Which plays the larger role in your upbringing environment or nurture? Can an old dog be taught new tricks? Do you have complete control over your life? I will attempt to answer the questions with great detail while remaining as unbiased as possible. Based in South Central Boyz in the Hood is a real life depiction of what growing up in a under privileged neighborhood will do to you. Tre stayed with his mother until his preteen years hit because she knew that she was incapable of turning a boy into a man. Luckily he had a father that he was fortunate enough to lean on. In the African American community a fatherless child is not unheard of, whether the daddy becomes a prisoner of the state or just an uncaring deadbeat. Priorities of some men do not involve taking care of their
He was a definite victim of ethnic stratification for numerous reasons. In order to get into college he needed to receive a minimum score of 700 on his SATs. Growing up in a neighborhood where education is not the dominant force meant that this would be somewhat of a struggle. Not to mention being a father of an infant baby. He went against all odds and made it happen. He did not use his under privileged high school as a crutch, but more so as a clutch to switch gears and move forward. Both he and Tre were college bound. Exclusion was unsuccessful in stopping these young black men. You would think that the hood would applaud his success, but instead they killed it, literally. He was murdered after finding out that he got the scholarship that he had worked so hard for. His mother blamed Doughboy and obviously the gang member had to get revenge, an eye for an