Boyz n' The Hood

          Boyz n' the hood is a film that focuses on guys that live in a rough neighborhood and are dependent on their masculinity to get them though life situations. two characters that really interest me is doughboy and his brother Ricky. Ricky has a son and is trying to pursue his carear as a NFL football player and going to college. He is favored by his mother who is proud of him going to college and push's away doughboy. When doughboy was a child his mother never really did anything but drink. He has developed the same habits as mother. He dose not seem like he wants to go to college like his brother, he drinks and is always just hanging out with his friends not doing anything. Unlike ricky, he is very masculine and tough and dose not let anyone pick on his brother or him self.  When he is around every one knows not to mess with him. Even though Doughboy was tough on the outside there on times when he dose in fact seem sensitive.
           Doughboy portrays a very masculine character who is very tough. He shows this masculinitiy though cursing, drinking, sexualizing women and using his gun when threating someone. Though he is very mascuine he is not a better man. Some times the things he says may seem like he is but he  acts like the adverage masculine male charater but a little rougher since the way his commmunity is. I believe that if he were to show his sensitive side it would never be around where he lives or around other men. It probably be more of trays situationwhere it was in front of his girlfriend. by the end the most sensitive thing I had seen out of him was when he told tray his mother loved his brother more and he did not matter in the family.
          Ricky also protrays a masculine character but not as much as his brother. He is persuing college, is favored by his mom, and has a wife and a son. He resembles more of a better man by persuing college and is looking forward to a better life than just there's nothing I can do because of where I live and more than likely i wont make it attitude. He really wants to make something of himself like tray and dose not seem the type of person to make bad decisions. Also if he did make a bad chioce (the ending of the movie when he thought it would be best to split up) it was intentional and he did not know better. When things did seem to fall out of place like his child he haandle his business well. Ricky is a much more of a sentimetal character who is more of the person who breaks up the fights the fighter, because of this it made him a weaker link to his brother. since he lacks masculinty others dont give him as much respect and mess with him more than they do with his brother.

the final part of the film where ricky gets shot since he is the weakest link and was actually going to make good out of himself. Doughboy continues to put on the tough guise and does not cry or show any motion.