Boyz in the Hood

In sociology class we watched the movie in Boyz in the Hood. The movie is set in the time period of the 80's and 90's for the African American culture. Life back then was very hard for the African American culture. There culture, family, etc. life is all very different from how we live.The culture of the African American people back then and sometimes now that live on the streets deal with drugs, alcohol, and shootings. Some don't live that way they live in a normal setting.


The movie I thought gave us a look into their family lives pretty well. Yee the main character goes to live with his dad because he keeps causing trouble in school. While living with his dad he gains new friends. The movie shows his friend's family situations too. The one family they show the mom loves one of her sons more than the other because he is more talented than his other brother. Tre's dad shows him how to become a more responsible and respectable young man. You can see throughout the movie that he isn't quite like his other friends, but he is still respected by his peers, even though he might not be doing what they are doing. This movie shows that family life in these types of situations are not easy and bring new challenges everyday.

Drugs and shooting are in the movie. The movie shows that drugs and shooting were just a daily thing that went on and still does. That would be the scariest thing that I think people have to go through is wondering if you would be shot or not. Usually if you get shot it is to get back at you for something they did. We see in the movie that one of Tre's best friends get shot by a group of boys that think he was running his mouth about them. It was really sad because he was gonna go and play football for a college and he had a kid. Right after the killing his brother goes to find that group of guys, he finds them and kills them. The movie then tells us that two weeks later that he was killed. The movie didn't show a lot of drug use but it showed drinking. In these types of august stings and drug use are a huge deal that usually lead to all the shooting that happens.

The relationships between these people are different than what most people are used too. It is a tough love situation where there are never real emotions that are ever showed towards each other. Tre's father shows that he is going to make his son be responsible so is tough on him but Tre does turn out to be alright so that type of tough love worked out. The mom across the street doesn't like her one son as well as the other son she has. There are all type of situations out there, but in this type of situation they usually don't show a whole lot of affection towards each other.

This movie really was a great movie to show that life is not easy for those that live in those situations. It shows that family life can be difficult to deal with. It shows that drugs and alcohol is a daily thing that happens. Also shootings happen all the time that is really hard to understand because around here it isn't a norm. The movie is a great example that we should not take the life we live for granted and to be thankful for what we have. People that live in the streets I can not imagine that they live in the streets and our surrounded around the drugs, shootings, and family struggles that go on. This movie really opened my eyes to see that life is so easy for me compared to what the people living in those types of situations live in. I'm so thankful that I don't live in that type of situation where you have to survive pretty much for yourself. I thought the movie was really good and showed great examples of how life really is for people living in those types of conditions.