Boyz N Da Hood

This popular film 'Boyz N the Hood', which was nominated for both best director and original screenplay takes place in South Central Los Angeles, California. Before the opening seen of the movie there are two messages that come across the screen about violence in South Central, LA. The one message states that one out of every twenty one black American males will be murdered in their lifetime. The other message says that most will die at the hands of another black male. The plot of the movie is based about a young male named Tre' who was sent to live with his father in South Central to learn discipline and life lessons. Before moving in with his father Tre' was following the path of a criminal lifestyle. Tre' then learns from his father ways to live life the correct and respectful way. The movie shows examples of different types of crime that are common in South Central. There crimes such as murder, robbery, assault, and drug use.

Boyz N the Hood shows the struggles that these black Americans have living in these inner city neighborhoods. They show how even black males that are trying to stay clean and out of trouble are victimized from the actions of other people. In the movie the character Dough Boy's brother Ricky was a football star and on his way to get a scholarship to the University of South California until he was murdered from his brother's criminal actions towards another rival gang.

The sociological theory I felt was portrayed most in this movie was social learning theory. Social learning theory is a theory when a child or younger teen takes after the behaviors they have seen from a parent or elder. The young black Americans in South Central only really know crime because that is all the see on a daily basis. Tre' was sent to live with his father so he can learn better life lessons from the views of a "man's" perspective. In this movie social learning theory shows two perspectives, one being young black men learning crime from their