Tre Bith Crime

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Tre Tre can be seen for the most part as the ideal conformist; with regards to stay away from the lifestyle that Doughboy and most of the boys his age chose to follow. With guidance from his father Furious, Tre lives an honest lifestyle, following legitimate pathways to reach his goals. Looking at Tre’s life through a Structural perspective, Tre works in the mall to earn his living and work towards his goals of living a successful life. In contrast to many of the boys who chose to live a deviant lifestyle, Tre strives to achieve his goals by living a conformist lifestyle by working and planning to go college and getting an education. Control Theories can explain why Tre and Ricky have both conformed to society by building bonds with people they trust and who can instil positive values on them. For Tre, one of the individuals is Furious, who mentored Tre in teaching him how to live an honest lifestyle and shaping him into a conforming individual who was able to separate himself from most deviance in the community. Furious’ mentoring shaped Tre into developing values and characteristics which he holds tightly within himself which were, in evidence, much stronger than external influences of living in the ghettos. One of the most predominant theories which can explain deviance and inequalities in Tre’s neighborhood is Subcultural Theories. During one of the first scenes, Tre gets into a fight with one of his classmates while he was living with his mother in a wealthier part of Los Angeles. According to Miller’s Class Analysis, Tre’s behaviour during this scene follows at least two of the focal concerns of the lower class, trouble and toughness. Also, this is an example of the middle class measuring rod because, his teacher, a member of the middle class, expects Tre to follow middle class values and treats the situation as an extreme issue. Although Tre

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