Boys N The Hood

There are a lot of characters in the Boys N the Hood that put on the tough guise. The tough guise is when a man will follow male stereotypes, for example when a male tries to act tough or when a male will start a fight to protect their masculinity. There are numerous characters if not all the characters  in the Boys N the Hood that demonstrate this. Doughboy , Chris, Dookie, and Monster all use the tough guise by all owning a gun, wanting to start a fight if needed and talking down against every female in the neighborhood.

Using this tough guise is both beneficial and disastrous. The main beneficial way is that it makes them less of a target to get killed in their neighbor. Using the tough guise makes them seem tough, this helps because gangs and such usually pick on the weak and defenseless to kill off because they are an easier target. There is some bad to the tough guise though. To look tough you'll have to think tough and bull-headed, this clouds your judgment and makes them do idiotic things like murder and shoot. This makes them murderers and could have a likelier chance of being killed or arrested for life.


There are a lot of people who put on the tough guise, but there are examples of better men that make better decisions in their lifetime. One of these men is our main character Trey. Trey makes the better decision of not going to kill the gang that killed his best friend. Also he treats females with the respect that they deserve. Another man who also shows better traits is Trey's father Furious Stiles. Stiles is a man who is well educated. He is kind and nurturing towards his son. He teaches Trey all that he needs to know to succeed and be great.