Chapter 13

In chapter thirteen of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Baca release date is finally approaching. However, the Parole Board confuses him with another prisoner that is on trying for parole and have done many offenses. Baca is starting to crack; he has made threats to an violent inmate and has promised a feminine inmate that he would take care of him. Once he was further denied his release, he attempted to kill the violent inmate. However, Mascara reaches him first, hoping that he did Baca a favor. Later on, Baca is finally released from prison. As Baca looks out the bus window, he wonders what the Earth holds for him.

Chapter 12

In chapter twelve of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Baca is getting more and more in touch with his inner writer. After he expresses his aspirations of being a poet, Nick gives him Russian literature. Afterward, Baca starts experiencing outer body travels, which keep him sane. Baca to adjust to his prison lifestyle. He now thinks of it as a home, he even starts to refer to his cell as a womb.

Chapter 3

In chapter three of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Baca is seeking for a new life. Baca tries to find himself through travel and adventure. He moves from Albuquerque to California, where he works as a plumber. Baca and Marcos began selling weed to support themselves after Baca lost his plumbing job. He also meets Lonnie, a girl who shows Baca that he can love after Theresa’s breakup.

Chapter 2

In chapter two of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Baca finally gives up on his belief that his parents would return, this is the start of his abandonment issues. Baca feels lonely in the world and his mother’s abandonment snatches his childhood away. He is now frequently running away from his orphanage. This forces Aunt Charlotte to relinquish custody from him, which makes him property of law and the D- Home. Baca is transitioning into school, where he is a star football player, but feels displaced and quits school. After reuniting with Mieyo, Jimmy Santiago Baca learns that Mieyo has been raped, which explained his violent rampage. Mieyo and Baca start getting into trouble for petty offenses. Later, Baca meets his first love, Theresa, through his fighting.

Chapter 1

In chapter one of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca briefly goes into detail about his early childhood. He explains that he is from a dysfunctional family; His father is a womanizing drunk and his mother is an adulterer. His father’s drinking lead to his mother infidelity with Richard, a white American. Richard forced her to disown her culture as well as her children, Jimmy, Mieyo, and Martina. They move with their grandparents until their grandfather suddenly dies, and grandmother is forced to give them to an orphanage. Thus, creating a broken home.

Chapter 1

In chapter one of Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, Jimmy Santiago Baca briefly goes into detail about his early childhood. He explains that he is from a dysfunctional family; His father is a womanizing drunk and his mother is an adulterer. His father’s drinking lead to his mother infidelity with Richard, a white American. Richard forced her to disown her culture as well as her children, Jimmy, Mieyo, and Martina. They move with their grandparents until their grandfather suddenly dies, and grandmother is forced to give them to an orphanage. Thus, creating a broken home.