Hubert views the world in a different way to Vinz and Said. Hubert is intelligent enough to take a step out of society, and realise that he is a victim of it, and there is no way out. When he gets in to his house to see his mum, straight away you notice there is a lack of a male role model, theme which is tied to crime in movies. Said, the only person with a role model to look up to, is arguably the one who is least prepared for the 'real world'. Hubert's sister also asks him to help with the math question, which indicates he is intelligent. Although he could just have good math skills as he sells drugs and he needs to for work. He is the main bread winner in his household, and this is why he sells drugs, for as money. He doesn't do it for money, or for status, he does it to live, and he hates it.
When he goes into his room, we get the same transition as the one from the media scene, one that connotes time passing, and Hubert has literally nothing to do with his time, so he smokes Marijuana. The whole of Hubert's room if full of American culture references. This is without a doubt because he rejects French culture, there are no French superstars, only American. He rejects French culture because French culture has rejected him, he has been made known that he is not a part of French society. He has been labeled as a minority and group with everyone who is not born in France and white, as Non-French. And so he rejects French society and adapts American culture. This is seen when Vinz cuts Said's hair and says 'Everyone has it in New York!'
When Hubert goes the window, we see a POV shot of him, and this signifies what we see, is what he see, and how he sees the world. He views the middle of the projects, like a bear pit, and he sees the projects as cages, and animals in them. Not because he thinks they are animals, but he just sees how the media represents them, and how French society views them.
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