Male and Female representations in Bullet Boy

Beverley-          

• Strong mother.
• Cares about whats best for her children.
• Single parent
• Hardworking, determined to be a good role model.
• Surviving in an environment where she's not expected to succeed.
• Selfless. 
• Example: Kicks Ricky out in order to protect Curtis and prevent him from following the same life path as Ricky.

Shea-

• Cares for Ricky
• Wants him to stay out of crime.
• Strong.
• Cant cope with Ricky being involved with crime.
• Gives Ricky chance after chance.
• Not able to change Ricky.
• Example: At the end of the film she wont let Ricky in and is crying because she's so frustrated with him and his involvement in crime.

Comparison (Females): Both Beverley and Shea are strong characters, they both want Ricky to come away from his criminal past and start again. Furthermore both characters seem to shut Ricky out as they cannot cope with his constant involvement in crime- Shea wont let Ricky into her house and Beverley kicks Ricky out for the sake of Curtis.


Ricky-

• Ex convict.
• Involved in crime.
• Loyal to his best friend wisdom.
• Can't escape his life of crime.
• Reluctant to carry on participating in crime.
• Example: Keeps trying to persuade Wisdom to leave the conflict and stop getting involved in crime.

Wisdom-

• Depends upon crime subconsciously
• Can't escape his life of crime.
• Scared to lose face/ his reputation.
• He spirals out of control with crime.
• Vulnerable, as all he knows is crime.
• Retaliates to Godfrey.
• Pulls Ricky into his old criminal ways.
• Example: In the garage scene, Ricky tells Wisdom to get out and stop the crime, however he doesn't know how to because he doesn't know any better.

Comparison (Males): Wisdom and Ricky seem to have both come from a life of crime, however as Ricky was sentenced and let out of prison it seemed to have changed his attitude to crime, as he'd rather not be involved in it. His loyalty to Wisdom affects him and drags him back into his old criminal ways. Both characters die, however Ricky ironically dies whilst attempting to escape crime, whereas Wisdom dies from his involvement in crime.