English 28 pgs 1-69

Summary: In chapter one through chapter seven in Piri Thomas novel, "Down These Mean Streets" he, PIri , talks about his life in Harlem. The first chapter talks about his relationship between him and his father, how he feels as if they don't get along. How he feels that he treats him differently from his other siblings. The next chapter he talks about the issues of home feeling poor because his father was laid off and how they didn't have any heat in their house because it was during the time of winter, and it was during the time of depression. Then he starts to talk about his block his "barrio" and how things are there with his friends. Bt dealing with that, do to his skin color, he felt as if he didn't belong. That's when he deals with him leaving his barrio where he felt accustomed to, to an area where no one likes him. Dealing with racism and violence.





In my response, Piri tends to deal with issues that urban Hispanics deals with. Dealing with financial problems in a household. But I think what he deals with the most is how other see him due to his skin color, and because of this he feels that his own father treats him differently. And not only that but the new area where he
Ives. I guess anywhere were someone moves into and are new, will tend to get treated differently. But it's still wrong when a father treats them that way.