Reference no: EM132268297

Boyz ‘n the Hood

1. How does the neighborhood you grew up in compare to this one?

• What were the kids in this neighborhood exposed to daily that you were or weren't?

• How would these conditions affect children's progress in school? In life?

• What disadvantages were they living under?

2. The grade school teacher:

• How did she feel about her job?

• How did she feel about the children in her class?

• How did she feel about the parents of the children in her class?

• Why did she take that job?

• How relevant was her pilgrim lecture to these kids? (Can you see any irony about "worshipping" the pilgrims in light of the movie, "Violence, an American Tradition"?)

• What types of stories were told in the pictures on the walls of the classroom?

3. What risk factors could you identify from the movie that relate to violence potential in children?

• Child abuse/violence in the home?

• Drug/alcohol use in the home?

• Weapons available?

• History of arrest?

• Gang membership?

• Neurological problems/learning or physical disabilities?

• Difficulties at school?

4. Who seemed to be more empathetic, the white cop or the black cop?

• What motivated the black cop?

5. What did Furious mean when he said, "There's a liquor store and gun shop on every corner, they want us to kill ourselves."? Who are THEY? Is this an accurate statement?

6. Ricky and Dough Boy's home.

• Who were the permanent members of the household?

• Did anyone appear to work? What were their sources of income?

• Who was the smartest (most intelligent) person in the house?

• Describe the relationship between the brothers.

• What role did Ricky and Dough Boy's mother play in their outcomes?

• What would Ricky's son's future be like?

7. Dough Boy.

• Describe Dough Boy.

• How was he portrayed?

• Do you think he was frustrated?

• At what age was his future determined?

• What future did Dough Boy have to look forward to?

• What did he have to live for?

• What did the American dream look like to Dough Boy?

8. Gun availability.

• How available were guns in "the hood"?

• How available was ammunition?

• How old was the youngest gun owner?