tammy tillinghast here is your "unexplained reason"

That's what I got from him too. He even mentioned the chemicals and junk that was polluting the ground.

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What I got from that was, that the industrial company was contaminating the surrounding nieghborhood and cause oil (i think thats what it was) to come up through the grass. He was setting fire to it to show how the industrial world is screwing up their surroundings. At least thats what I got from it. I guess you could take it how you want it.

That's what I got from his role and those scenes in the film, as well. This movie had a very bleak and gritty feel to it. The cinematographer was great in showing the grim realities of some urban neighborhoods without all the glamorized visuals involving gangs and street life. It was a social commentary without preaching to the audience. Nothing was fairytale (forgive the pun)black and white in the movie. It seemed a very tangible scenario in a equally relateable (to many) environment.

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i think the symbolism given to the setting of fire to the grass in this film is like this:

Detroit is a rundown city, it has a ridiculous murder rate, high illiteracy rates, and many of the citizens within are impoverished. The town is downtrodden, and in 'Zebrahead' almost in disrepair.

The fire burning the lush grass shows the destruction, not only the industrial areas in Detroit, but of the hotbed of civilization going on within the high school. The race wars are the flames combusting inside the walls of education.

That's my take. And in the end, when lights the whole area on fire, it shows that the racism and violence is out of hand and can no longer be contained within the normal confines and is running wild.

It almost makes the director ask the audience, can you be the ones to extinguish this?

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