My view on the youth growing up in the ghetto completely changed after i watched Boyz N Da Hood when i was 12 years old. The movie shows life from the perspective of Tre, Doughboy, and Ricky a group of young black males growing up in South Central Los Angeles. You feel like you are there with them posting up on the stoop drinking 40's as you watch them try to survive and succeed in life through the good times and the bad. It is hard to stay out of trouble while living in a neighborhood that is in a constant and unstoppable cycle of gang violence, with police that hate black people.
Ricky was about to graduate high school and go to college with a scholarship, his goal was to get out of the ghetto with his girlfriend and son to live a better life. His future was looking great until he was unexpectedly gunned down by a gang that was seeking revenge for a scuffle that they had a few weeks earlier. His death devastated his family and left Doughboy, Tre, and the rest of the gang thirsty for revenge.
Tre went home to grab his .357 magnum to avenge the death of his best friend when his father confronts him and tells him not to contribute to the chain of violence. Tre goes to back into his room only to hop out of his window and get into a car with Doughboy and a few other friends to hunt for Ricky's killer. While driving around the city later that night Tre realizes that what he is about to do is wrong and tells Doughboy to pull over and let him out. He gets out at a bus stop and starts to walk back home.
Tre was the only one out of his group of friends who had a father around in his life everyday. The decisions he makes throughout the movie are all affected by the morals that his father had instilled in him as he was growing up. Tre's father put him on a positive path and showed him the difference between right and wrong. A lot of the youth in the ghetto are not fortunate enough to have a father around while they grow up, that then affects how they act when they are older.
Tre went home to grab his .357 magnum to avenge the death of his best friend when his father confronts him and tells him not to contribute to the chain of violence. Tre goes to back into his room only to hop out of his window and get into a car with Doughboy and a few other friends to hunt for Ricky's killer. While driving around the city later that night Tre realizes that what he is about to do is wrong and tells Doughboy to pull over and let him out. He gets out at a bus stop and starts to walk back home.
Tre was the only one out of his group of friends who had a father around in his life everyday. The decisions he makes throughout the movie are all affected by the morals that his father had instilled in him as he was growing up. Tre's father put him on a positive path and showed him the difference between right and wrong. A lot of the youth in the ghetto are not fortunate enough to have a father around while they grow up, that then affects how they act when they are older.
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