Rocco Corresca was an Italian who emigrated to the United States at a very young age.
He originally belonged to a very poor family and this did not changed when he came to the United States.
He was so poor that we was left to beg all day for basic food and clothing. He would wander streets begging people for money so that we would not starve.
However, he lived his childhood in a very rough neighbourhood, which was full of poverty, misery and crime.
When he would return home at the end of the day, local people who usually steal his money, leaving him in an even worse condition.