Upon learning that he needed a minimum of a 700 on his SAT to receive a guaranteed scholarship USC, Ricky began to stress that he wouldn’t make a 700. Telling the story chronologically allowed foreshadowing to be a major element in this movie. How are elements like character development or foreshadowing impacted by the choice of storytelling methods? This ultimately allows you to maybe not completely understand their reasoning but to at least empathize with the characters. This is done to show how their environment affected their development and life choices.
The film is presented in chronological order, it shows the movie characters progression from boys to men. Was the film presented chronologically or non-linearly? How did this aesthetic choice contribute to the general effect on the audience? In your discussion, address the following: a. Tre then moves to Atlanta and attends college with his girlfriend Brandi (Wikipedia, 2015).ĭiscuss whether your film is presented chronologically or non-linearly. It is later shown that Doughboy is killed. The next day he approaches Tre with understanding as to why Tre decided to not participate in the killing. He knows that he will be killed in response. He then gets out of the car before he does something stupid and returns home (Wikipedia, 2015).ĭoughboy finds the bloods and personally executes those responsible for Ricky’s death. Furious wakes up realizing this but lets him leave anyway (Wikipedia, 2015).ĭuring the drive to find the bloods Tre comes to the realization that his father was right and that he is only further perpetuating the violence Furious warned him of. However, Tre’ sneaks out the house later meeting up Doughboy and his crew. That evening Tre is found by his father attempting to take his father’s gun to kill Ricky’s killers but is talked out of it by Furious. The two surviving boys vow to get revenge on Ricky’s killers. However, he’s too late to save Ricky, Tre and Doughboy both witness Ricky getting shot in his back instantly killing him (Wikipedia, 2015). Doughboy sees the bloods and realizes that Ricky and Tre are in trouble and rushes to help. The two split up and take shortcuts to avoid them. While walking together Tre and Ricky see the Bloods cruising the neighborhood looking for trouble. The next day Ricky and Doughboy get into a fight and storms off.
The Blood then retaliates by firing his gun in the air scattering people and breaking up the race (Wikipedia, 2015). At this point Ricky is a star running back for the local highschool and Tre has become the responsible and mature teen his mother envisioned greatly benefiting from his stern disciplinarian father’s parenting style (Wikipedia, 2015).Īt a local race Ricky is provoked by a Blood’s gang member, Doughboy who happens to be a Crip and Ricky’s brother, comes to Ricky’s defense by a pointing a gun at the Blood gang member.
The movie then flash forwards seven years to Doughboy’s coming home party. Later that evening he reunites with childhood playmates Doughboy (Ice Cube), Ricky (Morris Chestnut) and Lil Chris (Redge Green) (Wikipedia, 2015).ĭays later after returning from a father and son outing, Furious and Tre witness Doughboy and Lil Chris being taken away in handcuffs for shoplifting. Furious is disregarded and disrespected by the african american cop that arrives on the scene to investigate. The night of his arrival at his father’s house, the house is burglarized (Wikipedia, 2015). Plot: We meet Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) in the car as his mom explains why he has to go live with his dad Furious (Laurence Fishburne) due to his getting into a fight in school that and citing Tre’s need for life lessons from a positive male figure (Wikipedia, 2015). This movie deals with illicit drug use/ activity, broken homes/ lack of positive role models and gangs with a emphasis on what it is like to be black in an inner city. We watch as Tre and his friends attempt to navigate the all to familiar pitfalls that commonly befall youth, with some of them coming to a tragic end. Story: Boyz N The Hood is a coming of age tale depicted in inner city black america. Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King, Morris Chestnut and Redge Green