What kind of violence does the narrator and other characters in the book: Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis Rodriguez experience?

Read: Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis Rodriguez – Finish the book.
Answer the following questions of Always Running. Each answer must be at least 150 words and must draw on more than one chapter. As part of your answer identify at least one literary device the author uses.
1) What kind of violence does the narrator and other characters in the book experience? Pick three specific examples and explain the effect these experiences have on the narrator and the other characters.
2) How does the narrator describe his family? What makes them a family? What prevents them from being a family? What kinds of multiple families are emerging thus far in the reading?