It caught my attention that there was one drawing of a casket and another of an LAPD helicopter flying above. But these kids are drawing very morbid and violent images based on what theyвЂ™re seeing and experiencing in their neighborhood. When we think of the images, theyвЂ™re typically happy scenes of a house, nice family, sunshine, and rainbows. Childhood drawings are usually terrible and only appreciated by the childвЂ™s parents or grandparents. The next scene opens with audio of a teacher discussing settlers but the image that we see is childhood drawings by the students of various scenes from life. So not only is the neighborhood plagued by violence but itвЂ™s also dilapidated. But this was like dogs, dogs, and more dogs. IвЂ™ve grown up in and been to some rough neighborhoods so IвЂ™ve seen stray dogs.

And then there were a whole bunch of stray dogs. TreвЂ™s friend Bobby states that two of his brothers had been shot and survived giving the impression that he thinks shootings and being shot arenвЂ™t a big deal.ДЄs they walked through the neighborhood, I couldnвЂ™t help but notice that the place looked filthy with all manners of trash thrown about.

As though itвЂ™s not a natural impulse to get out of the way of bullets. Having heard shooting the night before, Tre states that he got out of bed to seek cover and is ridiculed for being scared. In this case, Boyz n the Hood opens with four kids, one of whom is Tre Styles, walking on their way to school nonchalantly discussing shootings in the neighborhood. Imagine being a little kid growing up in a neighborhood where shootings and drive-bys at night are a frequent occurrence. The film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director Academy Awards launching SingletonвЂ™s career by making him the youngest person ever and the first Black person to be nominated for Best Director. With the guidance and discipline instilled by his no-nonsense dad, Tre avoids many of the pitfalls that seem destined to trap his friends. The story follows Tre and his friends as they grow up in a rough inner-city neighborhood that is plagued by violence. Boyz n the Hood is John SingletonвЂ™s 1991 film debut about a boy who goes to live with his father in South Central Los Angeles.

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