Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

Respond to ONE of the following questions in 125 words. Please remember to use evidence from the book to support your ideas.  1.How does Thomas’ narrative reveal the limitations of “moving up” and social mobility for minoritized Latinx and Afro Latinx communities? Choose several pieces of evidence from the text itself to support your ideas.  2.Think about Thomas’ use of the genre of the coming of age story and his style of writing through vernacular language, the language of the streets. How does he turn these two elements of genre and style towards rewriting the scripts that US society has imposed on him? Choose several pieces of evidence from the text itself to support your ideas. 3.Even as “these mean streets” have been a site of his struggle and survival, Thomas reclaims them over the course of his text. Explore his reclaiming of “these mean streets” for social identity, agency and | or community empowerment. Choose several pieces of evidence from the text itself to support your ideas.  4.Take the point of view of one or two of the women in Thomas’ story. How would she or they rewrite | edit | adapt Thomas’ story? Choose several pieces of evidence from the text itself to support your ideas.