In A Place to Stand by Jimmy Baca, he reveals that his place, where he felt freedom for a small moment was at his grandparents’ village. He described his grandparents’ village as being a place, where he could clearly think in a place of not that much influencing noises that may harm his time in sanctuary. It was very moving to discover that Baca saw words on being a way of expressing himself that he never thought would never have an effect on him. In addition, Baca’s insights are relevant to understanding of freedom for all people within a democratic society by showing people that one can change themselves into a better version of themselves. For example, “One ought to be able to express themselves without threat from the state or the government track closely democracy as a way of organizing collective life going back to at least the Ancient Greeks.” (Moscrop, 1) …show more content…
Baca’s amazing, intellectual knowledge to express himself through words that he considered in the past of being unimportant. It takes people time to develop into the people they are meant to be. Take Erik Erikson’s Psychosexual Stages of Development, that state most people go through stages in their lives that makes them, who they are. It is in late adolescence, where a person asks themselves who they are and want they want to be in life. Furthermore, a person may be different than what meets the eye and actually be someone with amazing potential of being someone great in the