Santiago baca

Jimmy Santiago Baca, a story about a man who was abandoned by his parents at a very young age, having a mother who desired to blend into “white world” and an alcoholic father, a man who was convicted at the age of twenty-one. Baca’s story tells about how he changes his life from being illiterate to becoming a poet inside the prison, exploring his inspirational transformation through poetry. This is a Journey of how Baca took charged of his life and molded himself as the person he is now. Baca

I feel that I have a lot of similarity with Jimmy Santiago who also had a hard time reading and writing and he had to teach himself how to read and write. I have a lot of similarity with Jimmy Santiago Baca. Jimmy Santiago was born in poor Mexican Family.His dad was addicted to alcohol and his Mom left him when he was a kid because of the financial problem they were facing and married a rich man. Regardless the struggles that Jimmy Santiago Baca faced he was able to cope with them by teaching himself

Jimmy Santiago Baca’s transformation came through prison and poetry. A Place to Stand is a memoir written by Baca to depict his life-long struggles. He starts it off by explaining his bumpy childhood and rough upbringing. He goes on to explain his incarceration, the struggles he faces while in the prison, and how he learns to make the days go by quicker and stay out of trouble until the day he is free. His tough prison life is turned around when he learns to read and write poetry. Baca explains

In the poem "Oppression" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, the author gives readers an understanding of oppression, its psychological impact upon endurance, and one's ability to seek emancipation. Within the first stanza of the poem, Baca defines oppression as "being trampled under" and expresses that those who endure oppression "are human". Baca continues to explain that the act oppression "[i]s a question of strength" of the oppressor, and a question "of unshed tears" of the individual enduring oppression

In A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca introduces the readers to his life, providing many details from his past that allow the readers to understand his present. Throughout the novel, Baca finds himself in the midst of violence where ultimately, these instances lead to a common theme of abuse. The physical and mental abuse that Baca endures throughout his childhood plays an important part in shaping Baca’s entire life. Furthermore, the abuse that Baca suffers inflicted by his father, his mother

Jimmy Santiago Baca is a prime example of the impact that can be extracted from a strong and caring passion towards an education. Baca was passionate in learning how to read when he was in prison, and he eventually achieved that goal. With his passion fueling his career, Baca would go on to become a poet, writer, and education activists for diverse classrooms. Baca is fueled by improving the conditions of those who feel like they have hit rock bottom like he once was. Several books were written from

Correctional population. “Sixty-eight percent of the inmates did not receive a high school Diploma (Harlow 1).” The best way to decrease the overall inmates is to have an education system that works. In the thrilling memoir, A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jimmy is faced with various obstacles such as abandonment, discrimination and most importantly illiteracy. If Jimmy had an education he would have stayed out of prison furthermore maximum security prison. Equally important, with education and

Jimmy Santiago Baca has had a life that not many would expect from his articulate poems. After being abandoned and sent to an orphanage, he ended up on the streets which led him to a six year sentence in jail, three of them in isolation. He focuses on topics such as the belittled and powerless, themes of addiction, community, finding oneself and liberation. One of his insightful poems, "Oppression," capitalizes on the oppression by using emancipation to find beauty in their life. Baca finds acceptance

disconnection from the land. Jimmy Santiago Baca was from the Mexican and Apache heritage. He lived in New Mexico and was abandoned by his parents. At the age of 13 he ran away from home. Baca was in prison for 5 years and that’s where he accomplished reading and writing poetry. He published his first poems while he was in prision. Baca was abandoned from the people he loved by death or parting, which caused him to become violent and bitter in his teen years. Literature for Baca, were the seeds he would plant

In the profile article “Jimmy Santiago Baca: Poetry as Lifesaver” author Rob Baker, who also is a creative writing and English teacher proves to not only the readers but also the National Council of Teachers of English the significance of poetry. The authors main point is that poetry saved Jimmy Santiago Baca’s life, he shows us how by explaining the emotions when Baca began to read poetry; he then went on to write poetry and even publish his own works while still in prison, after Baca’s release