Havoc Movie Analysis
Havoc Viewing Guide
Who are the main characters in the film “Havoc?” What are their character traits? -Toby: Allison’s boyfriend. He tries to act like he’s and gangster and that he’s “hard,” but he is not. It’s all an act that he’s trying to portray to his friends. -Allison: She’s Toby’s girlfriend and she’s extremely rich and white. She lives in a very affluent neighborhood; however, she tries to act like she from East Los Angeles and that she’s tried to faced some type of adversity in her life. Her parents are not very involved in her life, or focused on her actions as a young adult. She has no structure and she is basically living a double life. - Emily: She’s Allison’s best friend and she is also apart of the “crew” that Allison …show more content…
These affluent white teens were trying to act “black” and “hood,” but they really had no idea about what growing up and being a product of an economically deprived area really meant. It actually bothered me that in real life this is how many affluent white people try to act to portray some type of stereotype that they truly are not. 3. What developmental aspects of adolescence (i.e., family dynamics, family structures, parenting styles, attachment, personality development, moral development, peer relationships, high risk behavior) are presented? -Peer relationships throughout this movie seem to be the most important aspect of these teenagers lives. They are all trying to impress each other and one up each other. The teens have a lot of high risk behavior that has put them in many dangerous situations. For example, when the trend traveled to East Los Angeles in the early morning to buy marijuana from a hispanic gangster, Hector, that they did not even know. By the end of the drug deal Toby was on his knees, peeing pants, with Hector having a gun pointed to his head threatening to kill him. Allison ended up bailing Toby out of this extremely dangerous situation. This scene was a prime example of the significance of teenagers moral development, high risk behaviors,
Who are the main characters in the film “Havoc?” What are their character traits? -Toby: Allison’s boyfriend. He tries to act like he’s and gangster and that he’s “hard,” but he is not. It’s all an act that he’s trying to portray to his friends. -Allison: She’s Toby’s girlfriend and she’s extremely rich and white. She lives in a very affluent neighborhood; however, she tries to act like she from East Los Angeles and that she’s tried to faced some type of adversity in her life. Her parents are not very involved in her life, or focused on her actions as a young adult. She has no structure and she is basically living a double life. - Emily: She’s Allison’s best friend and she is also apart of the “crew” that Allison …show more content…
These affluent white teens were trying to act “black” and “hood,” but they really had no idea about what growing up and being a product of an economically deprived area really meant. It actually bothered me that in real life this is how many affluent white people try to act to portray some type of stereotype that they truly are not. 3. What developmental aspects of adolescence (i.e., family dynamics, family structures, parenting styles, attachment, personality development, moral development, peer relationships, high risk behavior) are presented? -Peer relationships throughout this movie seem to be the most important aspect of these teenagers lives. They are all trying to impress each other and one up each other. The teens have a lot of high risk behavior that has put them in many dangerous situations. For example, when the trend traveled to East Los Angeles in the early morning to buy marijuana from a hispanic gangster, Hector, that they did not even know. By the end of the drug deal Toby was on his knees, peeing pants, with Hector having a gun pointed to his head threatening to kill him. Allison ended up bailing Toby out of this extremely dangerous situation. This scene was a prime example of the significance of teenagers moral development, high risk behaviors,