Jimmy Baca A Place To Stand Essay

stop. From reading the three books one has come to the conclusion that all books have characters that had their rights extinguished. From Being accused of crimes one didn’t commit to unfair inprisonment. According to Jimmy Santiago Baca, in his book titled A Place to Stand , he talks about how he was an easy target for the police because of his circumstances. He writes “ The police always accused me

There is a mysterious connection between grandparent and grandchild, one that transcends all ethnicities, religions, and socio-economic groups. In Jimmy Santiago Baca's poem "Green Chile", he explores this connection via the use of chile peppers as a medium. Baca personifies both green and red peppers to illustrate not only that special bond, but also the historical significance of said vegetable amongst the Mexican-American community. The speaker in "Green Chile" begins the poem by stating his

knew I would love, or that I’d at least like. I only picked up a book if it was by an author I knew, or if it came recommended by someone. Now that I’m writing again, I see that as pure foolishness. I’ll miss out on thousands of good books if I place limitations on what I’m willing to pick up. Also, I’ve met a lot of indie published writers, and I want to check out their work! Now I’m picking up books that may very well suck, but that’s a chance I’m willing to take. Because of this, though, I’m

Frederick Douglass was born “in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland.” He did not know about his age because slave-owners and slave-masters did not want the slaves to know about their age. But it is estimated that he was born around 1818 as he said, “I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old.” His mother was Harriet Bailey who was daughter of colored Isaac and Betsey Bailey. Douglass’s