bonus 14 Montaya Mccloud Free Write: Friday and the influence of Life Lesson as a young Adult in the urban community

There are a lot of movies in which are created to show a outline of How los angeles was in the 90's. Back in the 90's California was big on bloods,crips,peer pressure, and gang violence. This proves to be true for Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) who are best friends growing up in Los Angeles, California. In the film “Friday” released in 1995, the viewers get to experience a day in their life. Though considered a comedy/drama, this urban classic has many hidden life lessons throughout the script. Detailing the effects of drugs on a friendship, violence in the community and accepting guidance in life-threatening situations.
The effects of peer pressure exoculate when Craig gets fired on his day off, for stealing boxes from his job. Consoled by his best friend Smokey convincing Craig that since it was Friday and he was no longer employed, he might as well indulge in a substance that would ease his mind “marijuana”. Not knowing the effects of the drug Craig accepts the offer. After only a few puffs he realized that the marijuana belonged to the drug dealer Big Worm (Faizon Love). Smokey officially forced his friend into a convoluted predicament. Causing war between them and the drug dealer. Which consequently led to a drive-by later that evening where luckily Craig and Smokey survived. This proves that peer pressure can have life-threatening consequences.
Surviving the drive-by was only one accomplishment. The duo also faced a forced robbery when the neighborhood bully Deebo (Tommy Lister, Jr) choose Smokey to be his sidekick and had Craig be the lookout for the home invasion of Craig’s neighbor. The invasion was successful but Deebo was the only one that made a profit. Deebo was known for getting his way all the time. if anyone had merchandise he wanted he got it. Rather it is a bike, a forced won dice game or your grandmother's gifted chain. The neighborhood knew not to confront Deebo if they knew what was best for them. When confronted by Craig’s crush Debbie (Nia Long) for beating her sister Felica (Angela Means), Deebo smacked her. Causing Craig to come to her
rescue. Craig pulls his gun out to shoot Deebo but his father Willie (John Witherspoon) tells him to put his gun down and fight like a man. Willie has always preached that “you win some, you lose some. but you live, you live to fight another day.”. Craig accepted the guidance from his father and put the gun down, leading to victory over Deebo and winning the heart of Debbie.
In life, many young adults do not receive the guidance that Craig’s father provided him. Lack of guidance can cause people to make traumatic life decisions. Drugs, violence and peer pressure will always be around, but it will be up to each individual to know how to handle each situation. Making these concepts into a comedy allows young adults to be exposed to multiple issues they may encounter in their lives. Even though this movie was released over two decades ago it still has importance in modern society. This urban classic along with many others continue to teach life lessons to young adults no matter what generation.

Bonus 14 Free Write by Dianesa

Free write means whatever I want to write which means y'all are in for a story. I don't talk about middle school or high school much because there was nothing positive to talk about. I was the outcast (still am, kind of), the kid no one wanted to sit near during lunch, the one who keeps the cafeteria laughing- and not because I'm the one cracking the jokes. We're going to take a painful stroll down my most painfully seared into my brain memories starting at sixth grade to however long it takes to reach 500 words. Let's begin.
Sixth grade I went to Lincoln College Preparatory Academy and without any rhyme or reason, I was a target of incessant bullying. Did I look like a target? Maybe. I was shorter than everyone else and my hair was something of nightmares. My mother permed my hair so if you can imagine short bone straight and short and dreadfully styled hair on an elf that came to everyone's chests that was me. My hair was a subject of teasing a lot in sixth grade. I remember one day it got so bad and I was so tired of the teasing that I thought stupidly "I'm going to wear a false pony today! That'll show 'em!" All day that day I walked around for the first time in a while with my head proud. Right before Math, we all lined up outside of the classroom waiting for the previous class to be over with. I want you to keep in mind that at this very moment there is a hallway full of children to watch me get teased and I didn't understand the danger. I go to the water fountain and i hear snickering behind me. Out of the blue, my pony was snatched clean off my head leaving a nub of neatly tucked straight hair behind. There's a vine of a white kid doing the same thing to a girl in a "yagga" 'challenge and gets his lights knocked clean out... that was me. It only took a second of laughter bouncing off the walls of the hallway for me to start a'swingin'. I was so embarrassed that I acted out in anger. From then on the kids who teased me would it at a distance but that didn't make things better.
Seventh grade was a year so full of shit that we won't be talking about it. Its also when I sent through a brief scene phase. Imagine that same short, heat damaged hair styled into a pixie and covering most of my forehead and eyes. In seventh grade, tired of all that happened to me in sixth grade, I had remastered my personality- I was queen bitch. I had taken no shit from anyone and that was the same personality I marched into South Valley Junior High in Liberty, MO with in 8th grade. My brother had died the summer before I started 8th grade and the last thing I needed was to be a laughing stock. I walked with my head high, catwalked, and was super nonchalant about everything BUT because I was tough for no reason in that school full of soft children I made myself an outcast but that was okay because no amount of Abercrombie and Fitch could ever make me as preposterous as them. I was singled out because I was poor and I guess to them nothing was funnier than a confident poor person. #yay
I'll skip a lot of grades again and end here with my favorite. In my Junior year of high school at Liberty North, the school built like an airport, there was a rumor crafted on the rumor mill that made no absolute sense whatsoever. Here's why: I never missed a day of school. It started with a tag on FB, "Man, free my girl Dianesa! She didn't do shit!" Why yes, indeed. I haven't done anything. More posts like that come in as a couple days pass and I continued to go to school. I didn't say anything about the posts and neither did my friends. Day 3 and I'm sitting at an assembly. A girl taps me on the shoulder, "How did you get out so early?" and it was then that I learned that I had stolen a car and was arrested and thrown into jail for it. Not once did someone use common sense and deduced that there was no way I could've been in jail and at school at the same time.
Turns out, excuse the duck lips- I fell victim to the fad, I was mistaken for this girl in the picture that I used to hang out a lot with. North was a heavily white school and apparently, we looked just like each other, ya' know... being black and all. <3
Here ends my retelling of the past. I often hear about how your younger years or high school years are the best years of your life but I spit and kick dirt at that statement. Children are cruel but young adults are even crueler.