Terrorism, bloodshed and power status sums up the focal points embedded within the movie, City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, and Kátia Lund. These themes create definitions for several theories. The first theory in comparison to the movie is Strain Theory. Because of the economic strain of the people within the film, most turn to criminal activity. “Many families were homeless due to the flooding and acts of arson in the slums” (Meirelles, 2002). The government shipped their homeless and poor to the City of God. Second, Social learning theory, which examines the young children’s participation in the wave of criminal activity. In the movie, City of God, the movie is narrated by the character Rocket. In the beginning of the movie there
