A scene in American History X that Kaye uses effective editing to emphasise the characters emotions is the curb stomp scene. At the beginning of the scene Kaye uses a flashback of the night that Derek killed the two African American men. We see exactly what Danny watched that night and as an audience we see the environment Danny use to live in. This is effective because we see why this night has been imprinted on Danny’s mind and we see why his principle does not want him to look up to Derek and follow the same lifestyle he chose, it creates more of an understanding of how unsafe Danny’s family environment was 3 years prior. Further on in the scene in the middle of the flashback Kaye uses slow motion on Danny as he is trying to stop Derek from