Boyz N The Hood Analysis

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The Intercity Rules How did the movie Boyz N The Hood give me a better understanding on how to live in South Los Angeles? When I was living in South Los Angeles this movie impacted my life, because it showed me how to be street smart. Boyz N the Hood gave me advice on how to live in a vicious life style of black-on-black crimes in South Central Los Angeles. I was unaware of the dangerous streets, manipulative people, the high rate of teen pregnancy, and the poverty was unbelievable. Living this life and knowing I had experienced the poor streets of South Los Angeles helped me become the young lady I am today. The violent streets of South Los Angeles it’s a very diverse community. The movie Boyz N The Hood gave me a better understanding of the philosophy on how to survive in the city of South Los Angeles. The director’s main point of this film was for people to understand the different life styles of growing up in South Central Los Angeles. How it’s not about getting an education it’s about surviving. How young black people are getting killed by their own race.
What part of my life did this movie change? This movie changed the way I thought, viewed life, school, and my actions. Almost everything that happened in
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I chose to be a leader instead of a follower. This movie helped me choose a better path of being a better person. I didn’t want to have the same lifestyle as my parents . I wanted to have a better lifestyle than my parents. The only way I knew I could make my life easier is choosing to get an education. By getting an education it would help me understand life better. This movie showed me that the way out is through college. To pursue my dreams of going to college, because I knew would get me far, and was my way out of

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