On February 12, 2018, at approximately 1644 hours, Investigator Mems conducted a recorded interview with witness, Edgar Alonso, at Pulaski County Criminal Investigations Division. Mr. Alonso agreed to make a statement in reference to an aggravated assault which occurred at 7719 Perry Lane in Little Rock, AR. What follows is a summary of Mr. Alonso statement.>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mr. Alonso stated he arrived at Mr. Ruben’s residence to take his friend “Daniel” to retrieve his items from Mr. Torres’ residence. Mr. Alonso advised his girlfriend, Robin Vicente, was at the residence with him. Mr. Alonso stated Mr. Ruben had an auto mechanic shop at his residence.…
Jimmy Santiago Baca was in an insolation due to refusal to work. In this chapter, he has done two years in the prison already. Also, he insisted that his hard work should have deserved him for learning as the reclassification committee’s promise. This was a positive transition for Baca, he was started self-learning to read and write by his communication(letter-writing) with his pen-pal Harry. In addition, the lesson from Bonafide had teaches him a new perspective of violence and the outcome of those rage. He acknowledged that a serious rage or anger could totally changed a person to the unexpected violence. A visit of Baca’s brother- Mieyo and his girlfriend-Lori has made Baca so happy. During the visit, Baca asked for a secondhand type-writer and requested Theresa to visit him from his brother. Soon after his brother’s visit, Baca’s ex-girlfriend- Theresa had come to visit him in the prison for the…
Juana was a voracious reader in her early childhood, hiding in the hacienda chapel to read her grandfather’s books from the adjoining library. She composed her first poem when she was eight years old. By adolescence, she had comprehensively studied Greek logic, and was teaching Latin to young children at age 13. She also learned Nahuatl, an Aztec language spoken in Central Mexico, and wrote some short poems in that language.…
In “Barrio Boy” Ms. Ryan, Galarz teacher, help him to learn English and so the story tells you how this elderly figure helped him through his learning and later he succeeded as a writer.…
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 story and his personal transformation during the experiences he has been through from his childhood and his Duration sentenced in prison and then after he got released.…
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 life in prison, like Santiago, I would like to present his teaching forms of poetry, which include, Chicano Poetry, American Southwest barrios, addiction, injustice, education, community, and love.…
It can be extremely difficult to focus on things that one may want to do in order for them to change their life. Life is full of surprises that sometimes we find ourselves becoming the person we never imagined 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 as the person he is now.…
Gary Soto once wrote , ¨ I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences ¨ (“www.goodread.com/ Gary Soto Quotes”) Knowing that Gary Soto was the first Chicano to write a complete sentence gives me a better understanding of what kind of guy Gary Soto is. He helps kids that speak spanish learn english and builds relationships with the kids he helps. He also explains his compassion and love for the people he loves through his poems. Gary Soto uses imagery and relationships to create a unique style by pulling the readers to the setting of his poetry and to establish a setting when you read his poems.…
I think when Rodriguez’s said it didn’t matter to him he meant socially because his parents didn’t speak English that great but they were able to speak it to the attend of people understanding them and getting things done. It mattered to Rodriguez a lot emotionally because when you are young you look up to your parents to protect you and guide you and since they didn’t understand English that great it was hard for them to guide Rodriguez and it made him doubt his parents.…
In his early adulthood, he was arrested twice for different reasons. When he was seventeen, he took a book from his job, and was very interested with what the book contained, a historical event from his heritage. He could relate to his culture through this book, and decided to share this excitement with his friends. Baca encountered many prisoners that also read books and who were far interested in literature. He describes his first experience in jail with readings as, “Never had I felt such freedom as in that dormitory. Listening to the words of these writers...Their language was the magic that can liberate me from myself, transform me into another person, transport me to other places far away”(153). On his last imprisonment, he stole a book from some detectives during his shift, and became very intrigued with what he read. He became so inspired yet so addicted to poetry and learned to express himself through language. It came to the point that he wrote about almost anything, expressed his misery and happiness to the ones who listened. Being confined in maximum security and restricted from what surrounded him, he received a book from a person and made his first journal. The prison administrators gave him a hard time, and as time past he could no longer write anymore, all he did was sleep all day. He then realized that what he wrote had meaning, had value, and it did not derive through books, it came…
I once lived an American Dream in Midwest America through the vision of a perfect stranger who went on to become my soul friend. He used to live in a tiny town called Perham in Minnesota. The town had a population of only 1,000 people at that time (this was in 1990). He was a typical American jock. He used to love everything his country could offer a rowdy all American white boy: blonde women, fast food, fast cars, American football, beer, and the chance to pick up fights at college fraternity parties. He was full of American capitalism. His name was James Scott Morris. I fondly called him, Jimmy boy.…
The writer was a poor boy growing up. He was also a Negro, so things were bad for him and his family in white America. He probably felt sad every day of his childhood so he turned to books for entertainment and maybe escape. When he started reading, he found that he liked it and wanted to create stories for other people to enjoy, but he was a poor Negro boy who could not expect help from the whites, so he taught himself to write. That is similar to Sonny, who taught himself to play the piano.…
It was then that he began to pursue a writing career. At the time he got his first typewriter, he was also introduced to the blues and the black rights movement, of which both had great influences on his writing. Also during that time, he dropped his birth father 's name. Though he was unable to succeed in poetry, he was able to transition himself into a successful playwright. After visiting a…
Gloria Anzaldua in “Borderlands” explains it well when she says, “Writing produces anxiety. Looking inside myself and my experience, looking at my conflicts, engenders anxiety in me.” Anzaldua looks at writing as something that can be risky and something she can be judged for. Writing, to her, is also a way to show who she really is and share her feelings that aren’t always accepted. People write to let out their emotions. You can share your sadness, anger, aggression, happiness, love, fear, and hurt through writing. Writing can make a person feel better. Gloria Anzaldua explains, “That’s what writing is for me, an endless cycle of making it worse, making it better, but always making meaning out of the experience, whatever it may be.” When a person writes, a voice is established. The listeners can be other people or at often times, themselves. A good piece of writing comes from the heart. It comes from past experiences and memories. A good piece of writing is easy to realize because it is something you can relate to or understand. When you can put yourself in the writer’s shoes it makes it a good piece of writing. Anzaldua says, “I cannot separate my writing from any part of my life. It is all one.” Gloria Anzaldua is a Chicano, Hispanic, a female and she is a lesbian. She struggles with her identity and believes she is looked down on in life. She writes about her life and oppression she…
Hello kids, my name is Vasco Nunez De Balboa. Most of you should know a little about me because you studied about me but any way I am here to give you more information about me and my explorations. So everyone fasten your seatbelts!! We are going back to the world in the 1400’s.…