s family is unable to lift itself from the bottom of the ladder and prosper. One of their main struggle, is the fact that they do not know the language and hence fail to communicate with the outside world and a confined to their own ghetto. Here, we are told at one point in the book, that Michael Golds father comes to America in search of a better livelihood, where by he can have his own business. But this is a false hope created by the family and in general many immigrants. According to me this is a false dream, because they are facing more hardships, and are barely making enough money to purchase the vital resources they require. Creating a false American dream, of in this case Nightmare for the families, runs down the moral not only of the bread earner. In the book Street Corner Society, we are shown the main struggle for power between the different gangs. We can see the social interaction and relationships in the form of Doc and Chick where they try hard to be the gang leaders. Here Doc is portrayed as a friendly person listening to peoples point of views but in his own was assertive. But on the other hand, Chick was more volatile in a way that he never listened to the gang members and he did what he thought was right. Therefore, we can see the struggle only at the TOP of the social structure between the leader and their self-identity is different from the others. The narrator , describes perfectly the constraints put upon the Italians in the society on page 274 Nevertheless, an organized way of life cannot be changed overnightand if a man wants to forget he is an Italian, the society around him does not let him forget it. He is marked as an inferior person - like all the other Italians We can clearly see the constraints place upon the minorities. This is a negative attitude, and hinders the progress of a society. Understanding the relationship between prejudice and social mobility helps put into context the obstacles facing minori...
