In both "To live in the Borderlands means you. . .", by Gloria Anzaldua, and "Crying poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca the authors use various unique stylistic techniques and figures of speech to not just tell the reader of their past, but to paint a picture of the circumstances they faced when growing and how they have affected them. In "Crying Poem", Baca uses the structure of his poem and various stylistic techniques to reflect the frustration and internal conflict he has faced having to "grow up"way too young and falling for the false stereotype of real men. In "To live in the Borderlands means you. . .", Anzaldua incorporates various languages and lists of names to show the confusion and complications she has faced being caught in the middle
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. .", is her effort to depict this struggle she has lived with to find her own identity somewhere between these two staunchly different cultures. "To live in the Borderlands means you. . ." reflects both the confusion and anger built up in her, because of her circumstances, and, like Baca, she also presents this picture to the reader instead of simply telling about it. Gloria Anzaldua uses various techniques to demonstrate this conflict, but instead of structural and stylistic techniques, she uses her word choice, various languages, and figures of speech in this …show more content…
She uses names such as "hispana india negra española ni gabacha, eres mestiza, mulata"(line 1 and 2, Anzaldua) all to describe the same person. This manner of listing all of these strange names in foreign languages depicts the confused, complicated identities these individuals have. Also having the names in a foreign language creates slight confusion for the reader that beautifully mimics the confusion of the speaker in this poem. In order to further this feeling in the reader, Gloria switches between Spanish and English randomly throughout the poem. She will switch mid sentence to highlight certain words that set these people apart from the normal American and the normal Hispanic. An ideal example of this is her sentence: "that mexicanas call you rajetas"(line 9, Anzaldua). This example depicts perfectly Anzalud 's brilliant manner, like Baca 's, of allowing the reader to experience the feelings of the speaker instead simply describing
. .", is her effort to depict this struggle she has lived with to find her own identity somewhere between these two staunchly different cultures. "To live in the Borderlands means you. . ." reflects both the confusion and anger built up in her, because of her circumstances, and, like Baca, she also presents this picture to the reader instead of simply telling about it. Gloria Anzaldua uses various techniques to demonstrate this conflict, but instead of structural and stylistic techniques, she uses her word choice, various languages, and figures of speech in this …show more content…
She uses names such as "hispana india negra española ni gabacha, eres mestiza, mulata"(line 1 and 2, Anzaldua) all to describe the same person. This manner of listing all of these strange names in foreign languages depicts the confused, complicated identities these individuals have. Also having the names in a foreign language creates slight confusion for the reader that beautifully mimics the confusion of the speaker in this poem. In order to further this feeling in the reader, Gloria switches between Spanish and English randomly throughout the poem. She will switch mid sentence to highlight certain words that set these people apart from the normal American and the normal Hispanic. An ideal example of this is her sentence: "that mexicanas call you rajetas"(line 9, Anzaldua). This example depicts perfectly Anzalud 's brilliant manner, like Baca 's, of allowing the reader to experience the feelings of the speaker instead simply describing