In the film The Boys of Baraka it is evident that lots of these young boys come from broken homes or dysfunctional families, where they lack stability and positive role models. The two young boys Devon and Montrey are two boys that obviously come from dysfunctional families with each only having one positive person in their lives. Devon’s mother mentions in the film that she has had trouble with drug use; so therefore his Grandmother Mary has raised him. Montrey’s mother is the only person he really has because his father at this time is in prison for shooting his mother in the leg. I feel that both of these boys will benefit from this opportunity because it is a structured place with rules they will have to follow or they will be reprimanded …show more content…
Mrs. Jackson continuously has to ask for his attention. My solution to this problem is that Montrey needs to learn to respect authority and do what he is asked to do at the time he is asked. I feel that Montrey has lacked discipline by not having his father around and only his Mother to do the discipline. Montrey also shows that he may not respect his mother because when he goes to visit his father in prison, approximately 15:30 he is mimicking what his mother says to him. He and his father both just laugh it off. I feel that some of Montrey’s attitude has to do with because he simply misses his father and wants him back home, since he mentions also in the visit that, approximately 16:17 “the parole people need to hurry up, cause’ we ain’t got all …show more content…
Jackson said it would be... She lied”. Devon shows approximately 29:40 into the film that he has no respect for his counselor by talking back to him, then when asked to go to his room he takes the counselors keys and runs off like an uncaged wild animal. When the instructor finally tracks him down and tries to talk to him and reconcile with him Devon chooses to ignore and walk away. I feel that both of these boys are acting out at Baraka because they aren’t used to the structure and are not liking being reprimanded for their behavior. My solution to their problems would be to realize that these people are here to help them become a better person, and if they would realize that and not feel they are being victimized they would have a better outcome of this