Whenever Piri faced a problem, he would become angry and resort to viloence. There are many instances where he does this, one in particular is when he is a young teenager and is going to school. The teacher wouldn't let him go to the bathroom and when she grabbed his shirt to stop him from walking out of her class, his shirt ripped. Realizing that she had ripped his shirt he turned around and not thinking "of her as a woman, but as something that had t

o be hit," he punched her in the face. His quick-temper caused him to hit a woman, which shows that he isn't one to think things out and then act in a peaceful manner. Another example of Piri's anger happened when he got into an argument with his girlfriend. After a party he walked her home and they got into a verbal fight. When the tensions rose and he couldn't control his anger anymore, he sent his fist through a window which wound him up in the hospital. The most signifficant example of Piri's aggression was when he was twenty-two. He and two other people were robbing a nightclub. Piri was guarding the door when a cop from inside pulled his gun and shot him, not thinking of consequences, Piri returned fire. He had shot and almost killed the police officer, earning h

Some common words found in the essay are:
Whenever Piri, Eventhough Piri's, Harlem Piri, Mean Streets, Piri Thomas, mean streets, Spanish Harlem, couldn't control anger, couldn't control, example piri's, affected people, personality flaw, police officer, control anger,
Approximate Word count = 525
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)