Throughout the U.S. in the 1970’s, planned communities began springing up across the country, attracting middle-class families who wanted to get away from the overcrowding and crime of big cities. The environment they ended up creating, however, was not as ideal as they thought it was, because it left their kids isolated and bored out of their minds. Ultimately, Over the Edge main themes are alienated youth, teenage rebellion and clashes with authority. It certainly isn’t the first movie to tackle this subject; Rebel Without A Cause predates it by over 20 years.
Over the Edge takes place in a community called New Grenada, the teenage kids are restless and living on the verge of total anarchy. The only place they have to hang out is the local rec center, which closes at 6 pm, so they spend their evenings getting high, breaking and entering, and vandalizing city property. When a wealthy real estate company comes to town, city officials realize they need to do something drastic, so they close down the rec center and try to impose a curfew. Unfortunately, this sets off a series of violent encounters with the police, and while
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The two, along with friends, including a druggie and a mute, attend parties, fire stolen guns, drink in abandoned, half-built houses, and get arrested. Continually harassed by the local policeman Sergeant Doberman and looking for adventure, Carl and Richie attempt to run away in a stolen Jeep. They are caught, and Richie is killed when he aims an unloaded gun at Doberman. Carl escapes back to the development, where, later that night, a group of angry teens attack the junior high school while a parents’ meeting on youth violence is taking place. The teens lock the adults inside as they burn cars, shoot guns, and cause mayhem in the parking lot. They are subsequently arrested and sent off to “the
The film starts with an uprising after a white storeowner kills a black teenager. This incident Highlights Prejudices. The teenager was labeled a thief because of the color of his skin and the unjustifiable murder causes racial tensions that exist as a result of the integration of the high schools.
They end up at the parking lot of a store and they sleep in the minivan and the boat for the night and they accidently lock the keys in the van and their dad uses a fishing rod to try to grab the keys when that failed they lowered Manny into the van and he goes straight for Greg’s duffle bag where he had a pack of oreos and then he went to the driver seat turned the car and turned on his favorite radio station and then he puts the car in drive at first they did not realize that he had been trying to escape to go get his pig from the petting
from the country’s interior. The adolescents came to compete for work in the recently industrialized world. In New York the large influx of youths produced a new adolescent subculture that promoted deviant and licentious behavior throughout the city. The book
Development: The narrative follows part of these students' lives during a year at college, they are in each other's lives whether they know it or not. There are parallels drawn between them as the narrative progresses: Peace V War, Aggression V Pacifism, sides are taken and the racial lines are clear- stick to your own group like glue. How they fit in with the rest of the college population, Malik does this better than Remy and Kristen- he heads straight for the black population.
The film that interested me for this assignment was “Boyz n the Hood”. The movie was about a Los Angeles neighborhood expanding of drug and gang culture, with increasingly tragic results. It was about how one teen had family support to guide him on the right path in life regarding the social problems around him. The other two teens in the film wasn’t as fortunate and fell into the social problems of drugs, violence, and gangs; where one ended up dead.
The last night of their high school began with a borrowed Impala car. The audience experiences relationship woes, a sock hop, a mysterious blonde, and pranks on the cops. More importantly, as the movie goes on, daring street races, run-ins with greasers, vandalizing, and booming rock ‘n’ roll replace the happy atmosphere. The movie orchestrates many storylines and is full of fashionable nostalgia, music and vivacity of the night. The movie also crafted scenes with risky antics, using contemporary music to spectacularly enhance the tenor of the
The African-American inner city is a place where family can come in the form of gangs or collective areas, such as the pizzeria in the movie, Do the Right Thing, and yet these places and the people that find surrogate family in the inner city often only lead lives of violence. There is a common gathering place, in this case the pizza shop. Social networking happens in the streets and in the urban setting. There are many ethnic mixes, and in this case the Italian pizza shop is owned by Italian immigrants, and this is significant. Urban isolation, and the daily struggles and tension are a powerful part of, Do the Right Thing. The fights that erupt as the heat in the inner city rises, and so do tempers and frustrations. Spike Lee does a great job of revealing the realities of how harsh life in the inner city is for those who are in an urban jungle, and how that will shape their lives.
Boyz N the Hood was a film created to convey an anti-gang message as well as to provide societal members an in-depth look at life in “the hood” so he or she can expand their culturally awareness of identifying societal issues (Stevenson, 1991). Upon the debut of “Boyz N the Hood” violence erupted at theaters across the nation, resulting in multiple shows pulling the film from scheduled showings to alleviate future violent behaviors (Stevenson, 1991). The film profoundly illustrates the realty of the events revealed within the storyline that frequently occur on a daily basis within every impoverish community; however, is overlooked by the individuals who are not directly involved and or affected (Leon-Guerrero, 2016) Children of lower socioeconomic status often are raised in ghetto neighborhoods where they often witness, crime, violence, gang activity, abuse, and drugs (Leon-Guerrero, 2016). Ghetto communities envelop tumultuous cycles of violence and substance abuse creating a pervasive occurrence within the residents of the community. This is prevalent in lower developed communities that unfortunately many children and the youth populace indirectly inherit and sadly conform to, as there are no other means to an end for them (Leon-Guerrero,
Lauren is a teenager who lives with her family within a “protected” community that is isolated from the rest of the world thanks to a concrete wall. Outside of the barrier, a dangerous world awaits, where there is no social order and everyone fends for themselves. In the beginning
This film speaks for itself and tells you about life in the “hood”. In 1988, a noteworthy new gathering reforms music and popular culture, changing and affecting hip-bounce for eternity. Straight Outta Compton recounts the genuine story of how five youthful social agitators - outfitted just with their verses, swagger, bluster and crude ability - confronted the specialists that intended to hold them down and framed the world's most risky gathering, N.W.A (Niggaz With Attitudes). Also, as they talked reality that nobody had. The film takes off in Compton, city 20 miles or so south and some light-years from the Hollywood sign. A reference point of dark achievement in the 1950s, Compton had turned into an image of depression when Eazy-E, which is the famous American gangster rapper from back in the day, shaped N.W.A., and here basically fills in as a signifier for a poor, dark range under the police boot. Before sufficiently long, the eager strivers transform into hot properties who, after an excited flounder in distinction, confront arranged realities, alongside vocation characterizing intersections. For Eazy, that incorporates holding with the gathering's supervisor, Jerry Heller, a consultative betrayer who turns into each white trickster who has ever skimmed the finish off dark ability. "Straight Outta Compton," blends contention with its ruthlessly legit delineation of life in
Two of the boys Chris and Darrian receive a criminal record early on in their childhood because they were caught stealing from the store; later on one of the two boys Darrian joins a well- known gang leading to a life of crime. The other Chris ends up getting shot and has to spend the rest of his life confined to a wheelchair. Ricky becomes a teen parent which wasn’t uncommon at this time but he also earns a scholarship to play football; Tre has a job with the hopes of saving up enough money to attend
Andy goes back to school and talks to his basketball coach about how he feels about Rob's death and how his fiends and family feel about the accident. In addition, they discuss Andy's sentence because Andy keeps punishing himself for Rob's death. Everybody at school was crying during Rob's memorial service. Grief Counselors from downtown come to the school to try to get the kids to share their feelings.
Carl has turned into a young man who is confident in what he knows and will let nothing stand in the way of what he thinks is right.... ... middle of paper ... ... He then meets Joy Duncan and Justine who just like him the way he is, they are not concerned with his social status, they like him because he is a kind, genuine boy.
Rebel Without a Cause calls attention to society’s obsession over hyper masculinity, fears of overly dominant women, homosexuality, and juvenile “delinquency” during the 1950s. Popularity of suburban life arose – along with the necessity to fit in. Accompanying the pressures of gender roles were also the rise of alcoholism, depression, anxiety, and rage. Moreover, the film explores the conflicts that lied within teenagers because of the social standards that were forced upon them.
In the beginning Ponyboy Curtis is attacked by the Socs and is being threaten to slit his throat and then the Greasers come and scare away the Socs to save Ponyboy. The next night Ponyboy and Johnny go to a movie with Dally, they sit behind a pair of attractive girls. Dally flirts with them offensively and then Johnny stands up and tells him to stop harassing them. Dally walks away with rage and then Johnny and Ponyboy sit with the girls. Two-Bit arrives with 3 other Greasers to walk home the Soc girls. On the way Randy and Bob the drunken boyfriends meet the Greasers. They girls leave the Greasers and get in the Socs’s car to prevent a fight. Ponyboy is late getting home, so his brother Darrel is furious with him, Ponyboy sick of Darrel’s constant criticism and enquiry, Ponyboy yells back at him. The brothers have a furious argument and Darrel slaps Ponyboy across the face. Ponyboy runs away with Johnny, they encounter Randy and Bob at the park. The Socs attack Ponyboy and Johnny, They hold Ponyboy’s head underwater until Ponyboy blacks out. Ponyboy regains consciousness and finds him lying on the ground. Johnny is beside him and next to Bob’s corpse, Johnny tells Ponyboy that he stabbed Bob because they were drowning you.