Down These Mean Streets, an autobiography by Piri Thomas is about a boy’s journey to manhood on the mean streets of New York’s Spanish Harlem. While growing up in Harlem, Piri adopted an attitude, which was both hot-tempered and violent. In the end, this personality flaw almost cost him everything, including his life. Whenever Piri faced a problem, he would become angry and resort to viloence. There are many instances where he does …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…planned on marrying didn’t wait for him and married someone else. Since Piri had such a hot-temper and violent nature he made many mistakes and almost paid the price with his life. He lost many of his dreams, the respect of his family, and six years of his life, all because he couldn’t control his anger. Bibliography book report on "Down These Mean Streets" a story about the life of a Spanish man