CHAPTER 6 RESPONSES

1. According to Piri to have corazon ( HEART ) means to be a strong person, to "throw a first punch" to "make people bleed there own blood" to be a known person in the "hood". The first time Piri thought someone had heart was the Italiano's. He realized Rocky had heart when his boy beat him up and Rocky walked him back to his house for saftey.

2. The illustration on pg 50 shows that gangs are very fierceful. They look for fights and fight with no limits. The illustration shows me that gangs use any kinds of weapons as a way of defending themselves. In the book im able to tell that Piri's gangs that he joins (TNT) are always determined to win their fights.

3. Piri feels very intimitated and grossed out by the transvestites in the apartment. Piri feels that he is going to get touched and had second thoughts about going to the apartment. But Piri is forced to go into the apartment or else he wont be able to stay in the gang.

4. Piri's attitude changes due to the fact that he is so high and drunk. Piri is touched and is very disgusted by what happened and rushes to leave the house.

5. Piri accompanied his friends to the apartment in the first place because he says " cause we wanted to belong, and belonging meant doing whatever had to be done. He felt that if he stoock up to going to the transvesties house it would make him look a lot better. If Piri did not go he would not be able to be in the gang.