"Boyz in the Hood"

As a young child, I had no idea about what Compton was like. After viewing “Boyz in the Hood” I was able to receive a little insight as to what people living in the ghetto lives were like. It was a real eye opener for me. Living ten minutes away from Detroit, but rarely ever visiting the city, I never really knew what it was like for people living less fortunate areas than me. This movie gave me the ability to see how hard life is for some people. The struggle and challenges they must face day to day. In order for the young men of this city to fit in, they must join gangs and find their own “family” amongst these people. They must participate in violence, robbing stores and houses, and even worse… murder. It is very hard for these people to leave these cities because of the main fact of lack of money. They are unable to get a college education because of the costs. One of the main characters was able to receive a full ride off of a football scholarship but was tragically killed in the end. He represented the struggle that young African American men must face to make it out the hood. His older brother represents the young men that are trapped and see no way out. At a young age he had to find a way to adapt to his community. There are very few children in these kinds of areas receiving a good education making it harder for them to even get accepted into colleges. Very few of them receive the proper care that they need to grow healthily. In one scene, a crack head mother left her little baby unattended. The baby ran off into the street. When one of the main characters picked the baby up, he told the woman that she must stop doing this. This goes to show that she has left the child, and maybe more, unattended before. It is the lack of care that some of these mothers are missing. This movie in all was a great representation of many ghettos in America.