Within the first scene we see of young Henry, there is the use of an extreme close shot of his eye.The nature of this shot represents his fixation on his dream of becoming a gangster. Zooming out reveals the whole character of Henry, showing everything that he is compared to everything he wants to become. This is the shown when the camera pans around the neighborhood to show the cab station along side the other gangsters who are there. Back to Henry we see he framed by the binds of his room, in darkness. Like prison bars, the blinds are used to show the captivity of Henry, and how he wishes to escape to become a gangster, and the darkness further enforces this as he seems unhappy of where his is.
(scene when he shows his mother his clothes)
(two scenes of my own choice)
