"Down These Mean Streets" By: Piri Thomas

Down These Mean Streets
"Down These Mean Streets", an autobiography by Piri Thomas, is about his life as a boy getting to manhood on the mean streets of the Spanish Harlem. While growing up in Harlem, Piri had an attitude adapted to him from the barrios. The attitude he adopted which was both hot-tempered and violent got him into this whole life of troubles. Whenever Piri had a problem, he would resort it with anger and violence. Piri had done this many times, one for example was when he was a kid and was in class; the teacher didn't let him go to the bathroom so he decided to walk out.…