Boyz N The Hood Review

Boyz N The Hood Review

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This coming of age drama is set in South Central Los Angles and explores the effects that the undeveloped black community has on three young African-American friends since childhood and the journey they go through growing up where seeing at dead body in the street is a normality. There is then a focus on their current experiences. Tre has a satisfactory upbringing with both parents where his knowledgeable father disciplines him on the morals and concepts of life whereas half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky are children of a single mother and suffer inadequacies through their advancing years, however, they adapt completely contrasting lifestyles. On judgement of their names, it is prominent what traits each develop; Doughboy incorporates a lifestyle of violence, gangs and alcohol whereas Ricky undergoes a lifestyle of pursing his dreams of being an American footballer and receiving an education although being a young Dad. Tre and Ricky both apply for college and take the first step by sitting the SATs which dictates their future. Both men put dedication into this as they have different goals. Tre's motivation is his desire for an education and the influential feminine raft of his girlfriend Brandi who contributes to his wisdom on belief and patience and Ricky's provocation is his childhood dream of being an American Footballer and getting that all important scholarship. They both retain different personalities, to their advantage, from their friends in their community but as part of living in the area that they do, they encounter numerous battles with society's implements on women, gang members, police and violence. As easy as the process may be of waiting for college SATs results, South Central Los Angles chain them into events that makes it formidable for the young pair who face overwhelming complications in this period of time.