Nick and what he sees as he walks down the streets of Chicago. As Nick’s walking down Maxwell street he runs into a carnival, “A group of young Italian boys, fourteen to eighteen years old, loafed near the wooden horses, straddling them laughing, joking, poking fun. The jukebox beat its drums, moaned its saxophones, swung the music out loudly… The boys each grabbed another boy and, outside the circle of wooden horses, went into their wild, imitative dance. The boys protruded their rear ends. They kicked their toes against the street” (Knock on Any Door 36). This scene shows beauty in Chicago, it shows the innocents of young teens. The Italian boys were dancing, celebrating ,enjoying each others company. Not worrying about anything just living
