Friday, September 21, 2012
The Interrupters
The Interrupters is about violence in children in Chicago, IL. It takes place in Englewood. one of 77 different communities in Chicago. My reaction to the film was that children in america especially this little community are no longer children. They believe that they should be feared and honored by their piers and demand respect to the point that they are willing to take a life. The community seems like a severely segregated area and has a school system that is lacking on education and the ability to enforce rules on the children. I believe this is due to the area having no jobs and no funding. My favorite quote came from Ameena, "Find a soft spot, not weak." The children in this area do not like to be weak and i think this ties in with the honor and respect.
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This stood out to me to how the children are not children anymore. I feel like they don’t have a chance to be kids anymore and getting drug into all of the violence.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the children not being children anymore too. They live an environment that is basically kill or be killed. Children shouldn't have to make a decision like that. Children shouldn't have to worry about respect and retaliation and honor, they should just be children.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's really sad that children have to grow up so fast in neighborhoods like this. They have no other choice but to face reality and they've probably had to go through more than the average person at such a young age.
ReplyDeleteI agree. These children aren't weak, we have no idea what they face every day and how brave they are every day they are living.
ReplyDeleteThe children there have to grow up so fast that they do not have time t actual be kids they have to worry about the safety of friends and family so they have to learn to fight to protect them
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