The opening pages of Piri Thomas's novel, Down These Mean Streets, show us that Piri dosent feel that his father loves him the same amount as he loves his other children. Another concern is the neighborhood bullying. For example, Piri tries to show his father how long he can hold his breath under the water in the bathtub. His father walks out the bathroom and Piri feels that hes not important to his father. He dosent understand because he was the first born child and feels like he should be loved more by his parents. Piri walks through his neighborhood scared to get beat up by the "italianos". Everyday the italianos pick on Piri because he is a "spic". These details illustrate that Piri is very self conscious about himself and always puts himself down. One reason Piri shows that he dosen't stick up for himself is because he lets other kids pick on him. He should feel happy about being Spanish and should stick up for his nationality other then letting people walk all over it.
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