Boyz N The Hood Thesis

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“Boyz in the Hood” was a film that displayed how chaotic African Americans communities were in Los Angeles. The film explored how violence is real with black on black crime and how the youth neglected by the community. The entire film displays a moral, mental and eagerness for one endures, conquer and defeat their demons. However, each in the movie enhances the quality of today’s world and the environment. Enthralled with the hope for life encompass the thought and desire to secure one's enter most fears and desires. Tre Styles were a character in the film that was an intelligent young man. In a perfect world, a mother and father share the responsibilities of raising children, but nothing is perfect. When Furious Styles come into the picture with his son, Tre develops into a person of understanding. Tre mother felt it was best that …show more content…

The program will be named Let Me Be Me (L.M.B.M). The program will help teens find out where they belong in society. The program will embrace teens who are misunderstood by the community. I developed this program because Tre seems confused through the entire movie. In my opinion, Tre was confused because he felt like the harsh environment, he was raised in wasn’t for him. He did not know where to belong. Doughboy felt the same way as a child that's why he made a family within a gang. If there were programs that he could have turned to instead of a gang, I feel he would have chosen the program. He needed someone who cares. The goal is to provide structure to the teens and their lives. The program will show the teens that there is a place within the program for them. The activities of the program will be to interact with other teens in a positive way, listen to motivator speaker every two weeks, exercises that help the teens express their feelings and create one goal and stick to

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