Jimmy Santiago Baca is a well-known American poet and writer. He became one of the best American poet after he discover his passion of poetry during the time he spent in prison. Baca has published his remarkable poetry books collections such as Black Mesa Poems (1995)‚ Poems Taken from My Yard (1986)‚ and Healing Earthquakes (2001). He is also the author of stories‚ A Glass of Water (2009) is his most recent book. Baca has published his "memoir" book A Place to Stand in 2001‚ he explored his survival
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to be. The memoir A Place to Stand by 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
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Malcolm X’s story‚ ‘Coming to an Awareness of Language’‚ and Jimmy Baca’s story‚ ‘Coming into Language’‚ are similar by the fact that they both continued their education in prison‚ by getting a hold of a book and writing put the first word that they saw. The only different between how they wrote their ‘first word’ is how Malcom had a pen and tablet and Jimmy had to make a stub pencil that he whittled with is teeth and with a Red Chief notebook. What had encouraged Malcolm to restart his interest
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Kurtis Wong L. Muller IDST 36 April 6‚ 2011 Teaching Proposal The poet that I am willing to grasp the knowledge of is Jimmy Santiago. Santiago‚ a former inmate of a maximum security prison altered his life through the power of poetry and writing. The reason why I chose to delve into his philosophies is because he was a former prisoner. His life is inspirational due to the fact that I work at a local jail and witness the obscenities of the system and inmates. To dramatically change one’s
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who is making his voice about his own written words. The famous writer‚ Jimmy Baca brought that valuable impact in a priceless way to his audience through his live reading and the discussion on last Thursday. It was a nice experience to see the writer of our class reading‚ “Coming into Language” at the very beginning. But most of all‚ it was a great experience to feel the human being behind those words. As we all know‚ Baca is not only a writer‚ but also a poet and an essayist who has won number
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Jimmy Santiago Baca at 20 was convicted of drug charges and sentenced to prison. He was completely illiterate when he went to Prison. But when he got out five years later‚ he was becoming one of America’s favorite poets. Baca started to write about oppression‚ love and migration. Malcolm X was a street hustler that was convicted of robbery. He spent seven years in prison‚ where he educated himself. Him learning how to read helped himself become one of the most well known African American‚ and a
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turn out to become worse after coming to the prison. Jimmy Santiago Baca carried on with an existing by hardship and an unavoidable pathway of loss. Children who are neglected at a young age are increasing the risk of emotional and behavioral problem. The absent of parenting’s care‚ especially at a young age disconnect the relationship between the child and the parent. Family is one of the main themes that the author Jimmy Santiago Baca want
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with one another? Language is a very important way to express yourself to another person‚ whether there is a language difference or a barrier‚ communication can help identify who you are. Questioning yourself‚ and knowing that there might be something wrong with you‚ is one of the most unsatisfying feelings ever. There are many people out there in the world who go through the same situation. Some can feel inferior due to whichever enablement they encounter when it comes to language. Others can become
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Coming into Language “There is more pleasure to building castles in the air than on the ground.” This quote by Edward Gibbon illustrates the intensity of writing and what gratification it can hold. When one writes‚ they are not confined to one certain formula. A person is able to express their thoughts and feelings in any way they choose. Language is a border for many people in that some cannot comprehend a certain language‚ understand how to use it‚ or recognize what is being said to them. On the
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“Green Chile” The poem “Green Chile‚” by Jimmy Baca‚ is more than what it seems. The poem is literally about two chile peppers‚ a green one and a red one. Yes‚ they are both very similar in the aspect of being peppers‚ but they are very different because of the symbolism that each of them holds. The speaker of the poem is a grandson that loves on pepper over another‚ and the author describes that well in his poem. The imagery in this poem seems to be very sensual in some areas‚ and in others it
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