This then shows how hard it is for any ordinary teenager living in the ghetto with continuous criminal and gang activities without any guidance from his or her family to do well in the future. Due to this reason, they ended up in crime and drugs, unlike Tre. The opposite is actually true with the other black children who had no families to encourage them and guide them on the good things to do and the good ways to follow. It can be seen from the film that the reason Tre turned out great was that he had a loving and caring family who encouraged him to do good and work hard in school.
The power of family and black culture in the ghettos is also important in every youth life as portrayed in the film. This makes a major percentage of black youth not finishing college and later remaining in the streets due to unemployment and with high rate of unemployment comes the high rates of crime and eventually the structural bones of forming a strong economic pillar will lack, leading to a negative effect on the economy (Chan et al., 1998 pp. This way, they always want to find an easy way out through crime and another gang related violence. From this analogy in the movie, we can as well say that youth nowadays have perished in most streets due to the negative pressure inflicted on them by their peers. This also was the same case with Tre who did not easily give in to the pressure from his colleagues and rather continues with his studies and later graduated becoming a changed man from the other teenagers. A good example of the film is when Ricky decides to join the street gang after being influenced by Doughboy to join them saying that “not joining us would be lame”. All these happen through peer pressure from the fellow teenagers and from the environment in which one is living in. From the film, almost 80% of the same displays how teenagers of black origin are involved in crime, drugs, and gang-related activities.
In real life, South Central Los Angeles is well known for its reputation in crime and gang-related violence, not forgetting the menace of drugs.
This paper is going to deeply analyze the above-mentioned themes in as far as our country’s economy and the socio-economic and political structural pillars are concerned.įirst, the film displays the major theme being the power of temptation and more so juvenile and gang associated delinquencies that are usually influenced by peer and social pressure. The four major themes elevated in the film are the power of family and black culture in the ghettos, effects of capitalism to American citizens especially the Negros living in harsh environments, the power of temptation and more so juvenile and gang associated delinquencies that are usually influenced by peer and social pressure. There are major themes that support this statement. From the film, it can be seen that the youth from the black culture can be changed and that they can do more good than harm, provided the family bond is kept alive through continuous encouragement. Boyz N the Hood is a 1991 film of John Singleton which clearly and vividly captures the life of a black American teen living in South Los Angeles.