Nikayla Dahl
Professor Vogelpohl
ENG 201
24, September 2015
Battlefield
As time progresses, the world modernizes and individuals adapt to the changes in its surroundings, but innately as a whole people remain constant in their characteristics and actions. There is a reason why a smile is a universal sign of happiness, and tears are a universal sign of pain; they’re emotions that people felt thousands of years ago and will continue to feel thousands of years from now. The emotions that war and revenge inflict upon an individual are timeless and are comparable to other individuals all throughout history. The Iliad, written by Homer, and the movie Boyz N The Hood, written and directed by John Singleton, both portray the idea that stories from …show more content…
In the text, Zeus sways the war in favor of the Trojans (his side) so he could have the power. He disguises himself to trick the Greeks, and the goddesses would seduce the gods to distract them. It is a constant power struggle throughout the story between the gods and their opposing sides. Similarly in Boyz N the Hood the police of Los Angeles are only out for themselves. Tre’s father, Furious, explains to the people of his town the reason why guns were so openly handed out to the people of Crenshaw, “For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves” (Boyz N the Hood). He believes that the police freely lend out guns and they have an abundance of liquor stores because they want everyone in the hood to kill one another off so the police and government will not have to get involved. Frustration and tensions continue to grow between the different levels of power throughout the book and the movie, causing more conflict than necessary. However, eventually the Gods step in to intervene when things get too chaotic, unlike the police in Crenshaw, but correlations are still apparent between the characters of the two
Professor Vogelpohl
ENG 201
24, September 2015
Battlefield
As time progresses, the world modernizes and individuals adapt to the changes in its surroundings, but innately as a whole people remain constant in their characteristics and actions. There is a reason why a smile is a universal sign of happiness, and tears are a universal sign of pain; they’re emotions that people felt thousands of years ago and will continue to feel thousands of years from now. The emotions that war and revenge inflict upon an individual are timeless and are comparable to other individuals all throughout history. The Iliad, written by Homer, and the movie Boyz N The Hood, written and directed by John Singleton, both portray the idea that stories from …show more content…
In the text, Zeus sways the war in favor of the Trojans (his side) so he could have the power. He disguises himself to trick the Greeks, and the goddesses would seduce the gods to distract them. It is a constant power struggle throughout the story between the gods and their opposing sides. Similarly in Boyz N the Hood the police of Los Angeles are only out for themselves. Tre’s father, Furious, explains to the people of his town the reason why guns were so openly handed out to the people of Crenshaw, “For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves” (Boyz N the Hood). He believes that the police freely lend out guns and they have an abundance of liquor stores because they want everyone in the hood to kill one another off so the police and government will not have to get involved. Frustration and tensions continue to grow between the different levels of power throughout the book and the movie, causing more conflict than necessary. However, eventually the Gods step in to intervene when things get too chaotic, unlike the police in Crenshaw, but correlations are still apparent between the characters of the two