In "A Place to Stand" by Jimmy Santiago Baca the scene that stood out to me the most was when he was living with his grand parents and how he almost had a normal life. Living with them was a break from all of the issues between his parents and in his life in general. To me it resembled the calm before the storm. After his grandpa died, I feel that Jimmy was devastated and depressed and at that point, once he arrived in the detention center he just gave up entirely including through school. Jimmy was never inclined to give society a chance because of what society did to him. He felt that he would be betraying his culture if he integrated himself into the society that he felt tore his family apart.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9oLZKH9U9o