The Real Latino Life Of The Ghetto Analysis

The Real Latino Life of the Ghetto
Although the stories Diaz’s are fictionalized the experiences and circumstances he writes about are authentic. Latinos in neighborhoods all over the world experience the hardships and struggles that Diaz’s characters face in his stories. These characters, like real people are molded and impacted by the issues surrounding them. The dangers of the “mean” streets, the exposure to drugs, the everyday struggles of Latino families and the use of particular language in Diaz’s story prove the impact and authenticity of the events. Although Diaz himself may not endured all of the hardships he writes about, Latino teenagers all over the world in suburban and urban areas have and are currently experiencing circumstances …show more content…
The dangers in the mean ghetto streets that Diaz writes about are no different. The Latinos in these neighborhoods because of their economic condition and various other factors are forced to live in poor communities were danger and crime is more prone to occur. While they can control their immediate surroundings taking precautions to avoid danger they ultimately have no control of the danger than can occur to them because of the circumstances in their communities. ‘Before we head out she drags us through the apartment to make sure the windows are locked. She can 't reach the latches so she has me test them.’ The narrator’s grandmother in attempt to control her immediate surroundings by taking precautions to make sure she does not get robbed she makes sure all of her windows are locked, this illustrates the dangers that Latinos in suburban and urban areas face. Even though she can control her immediate surroundings by locking her windows she has no control whether a thief still decided to break in or …show more content…
In ghetto Latino communities like those Diaz writes about the police view people as criminals. Police often patrol these areas with hostile mindsets and are very quick to judge someone by their appearance. While the narrator was in the neighborhood pool, the police came to take everyone out. When the people within the pool so the police they began to run and the narrator heard one of then shout ‘And then everyone running ' wet feet slapping against the concrete, yelling, Fuck You ' officers ' you Puto sucios, fuck You '. Police in these neighborhoods are not well liked and often hated as you can see from this quote one of the characters in the stories calls the cops you dirty fucks in Spanish expressing his hatred and dislike for the police. 'We were raging then, crazy the way we stole, broke windows, the way we pissed on people 's steps and then challenged them to come out and stop us.’ Latinos kids and teenagers when raised in these particular neighborhoods easily turn to crime to help them escape boredom. The way Diaz describes the way the kids behave shows the authenticity behind his stories because personally growing up in a poor ghetto neighborhood, my windows were broken and my bikes were stolen by neighborhood kids who had nothing else better to do. In the mean streets kids and teenagers alike don’t receive the proper guidance and turn to the streets for a place to bond