The movie “Boyz n the Hood” is comprised of many types of issues that relate to social environments and different living situations based on location. The film was able to demonstrate gang violence and how a person struggles to survive in the hood. The film also showed how having a role model in life can be beneficial to succeeding in life. In addition to that, this film also demonstrates how neglected the hood is from the media and how looked down upon these people are by police officers and the government. This essay will discuss how people are affected by urban planning in the film along with the article “The Devastating Impact of Persistent Crime on Teens” by Chantal Hailey.
Throughout the movie, viewers saw that Tre …show more content…
A role model can be a mother, father, celebrity, or even a superhero. A positive influence in one’s life can make a huge difference on the outcome of a person’s future. Tre was fortunate enough to have his dad, Furious. Furious had strong feelings on what was right and what was wrong; he wanted to lead Tre into the right direction. Furious would give Tre lectures on life in hopes to teach him that there is more to life than being in the hood and becoming like his friends. The lectures that Tre received helped make him a better man; he ended up getting a job at a store to help buy him buy nice clothes and he ended up attending college and leaving the hood. Tre learned about respect and discipline because of his father. The other boys in the neighborhood did not have anyone to look up to, which is why most of them got involved with the gangs. Furious tried to preach to the other boys but only got through to Ricky and Tre. The more that Tre started to understand the life situations in the hood, the more determined he was to break out of it. Having a good role model in his life helped make his future better. Tre achieved his goal of going off to college and being with a good catholic girl while still having good morals in life. It only takes one person to change the life for others, and sadly the other boys did not have that fortune that Tre