Boyz In The Hood Analysis

Opening Scene

 in this opening scene we can tell a lot about the film, it opens with a scene in a street in a rough area with four young children who are meeting to go to school, stray dogs and trash can be seen in the background showing an unclean and unsafe environment for children to be in. they begin to talk about a shooting last night as though it is a casual thing. they then go to the location of a shooting which is in their local area on their way to school, this shows the reality of how close all this happen to their home. a poster can be scene of the current president at which one of the children sticks their middle finger up at showing their views of what the president has done for them. meanwhile dogs can be heard barking and people shouting in the background. it then transition from the poster to drawing of shooting and police which are hung up in a primary school classroom which the children go to which sends a powerful message showing what the children grow up seeing. the children are being taught when the teacher ask a question and one comes out with a funny comment, this shows that they have a lack of interest in learning. a fight then breaks out between two to the boys and they remark about getting family members to shoot each others. to everyone in the room this is normal for them to hear as they are not deeply shocked about it, and the teacher does not take a great deal of action upon this. later that day a phone call between his mother and teacher which is played over as he is walking back from school and older people are fighting in the street he is walking down. the teacher ask offensive question to the mother asking about issues at home and if she is employed presuming she is not. all of this tells us how people stereo type different communities and the conditions people are in which is ignored by the government and would rather leave them to their own problems.