2. ● Everyone dies younger in the city of God than England and what we would consider youth is adult in the city
● Steak and fries loses his innocence when he first shoots a gun - shows the darkness in the city of God
● We rarely see characters presented in a vulnerable way like we see children in other movies - you have to be
tough in this society
● The runts ‘play’ and run around with guns as if they are a kind of toy , life and death is seen as a game to
them
● Power struggle, the only way to ‘work your way up’ is for the person above you to die - extreme ‘youth crime’
system
● Children used to play with a football, now with guns - back in 60’s it was safe to play football
3. characters
Steak and fries
● Forced into violence by lil Z , started off a normal kid, died a hoodlum
● Very young, like most kids in the gangs
The runts
● Next generation of hoodlums, they take over
● Kids kill the adults ( lil Z )
● Don't play with footballs like rocket, pay with guns
4. Key scenes
Children playing football in the 60’s
Steak and fries shooting the runts
Lil dice shooting people in the hotel
When the runts run around playing with guns
