Boyz N The Hood And Black Freedom Fight

Boyz N the Hood and Black Freedom Fighters in Steel have many common themes between them. At first they don’t seem to have anything in common, but as you look at the two they relate very much and in many ways. In both the movie and the book black Americans came together to fight a common struggle and lived in area filled with poverty, racial comments, and stereo typing along with hate, violence and racism. They both have characters that have dreams and hopes of a brighter future and accomplishing goals that seem unreasonable. Though both stories take place during different eras they both have commonalities. They both tell the story of struggle of black people trying to survive in a world filled with hate and displacement. The two main themes I believe that the movie and book both have is the theme of hope and hopelessness. In this paper I will address these two common themes and how they play their role in each the book and the movie. In the movie hope and hopelessness is symbolized in many ways as to the affect of growing up black in an urban city during a violent time. In the book hope and hopelessness is shown through the coming together of black people to strive for a better future not just for themselves but for future generations, even though there are many obstacles and hurdles that are trying to hold them back from accomplishing their dreams and goals. In the movie Boyz N the Hood, it follows the lives of five friends that grow up in a time and place filled with struggle, racism and oppression. Three of those main friends are Tre, Ricky and Dough Boy (Ricky’s Brother). Each of these boys all deal with many similar situations and have dreams and hopes. But they all have their short comings in life, having to leap and jump through many hoops in life. The setting for the film was set in South Central Los Angeles which displays what it is like to grow in a black American community during the nineties in one of the most dangerous places to live during that