Character development best helps to accomplish the purpose of the movie. The most developed characters in this film are Derek and Danny. Derek's character is full of racial hatred and plays as a leader of a neo-Nazi group in Venice Beach, California at the beginning of the movie. He does not become like this until his father was killed in a black neighborhood while extinguishing a fire. "Based on this traumatic incident and an underlying climate of subtle racism, the elder son, Derek, focuses his rage on the minority community and becomes a racist agitator" (McKenna 2). Derek preaches to young skinheads about his beliefs of the American society and how minority groups are corrupting the society and wasting taxpayer's money. They have to put an end to these immigrants, and Derek constantly encourages his followers to ta

ke any kind of actions to stop these immigrants. Derek shows great hate towards minority groups by raiding the Korean market and by murdering two black teenagers who attempted to break into his vehicle. Derek's murderous attack on the two black teenagers gave him three years in the penitentiary. He had no problem with finding a group of friends that were also skinheads but later finds out that they were not true to their beliefs. Derek tries to get them to hate all the minorities and to become a white supremacist group but instead, they turned on Derek and raped him in the shower. Derek was forced to work with a black man in the laundry room that helps him survive the rest of his prison sentence. He gradually began to discover the error of his racial beliefs and becomes good friends with the black man. After being raped, Derek realizes the pain and suffering he has put other minority people through and "...was asked a painful question: 'has anything you've done made your life better?' He shakes his head whilst refraining from crying, knowing that the path to redemption is much more difficult to walk down than the path to evil (Buckmaster 2). Having those experiences changed Derek and soon returns home determined to set his racist little brother straight.

Buckmaster, Luke. "American History X." American History X. (6 June 1999).

The director has done an excellent job in cinematography. The movie is filmed in color to represent the present time, but the director uses a great deal of black and white coloring to show the flashbacks of Derek's horrid past. This kind of cinematography gives a greater impact on the audience and helps the audience better understand what is going on throughout the movie. There are two major scenes in the movie that are filmed in black and white that shows the disgusted racial ways of Derek. The first black and white scene is the killing of the two black teenagers that attempts to break into Derek's vehicle. One of the burglars was still alive and Derek

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