Chicano

There are many different ways that a poem can be portrayed. A poem can be used to express certain emotions or feelings towards a particular thing or subject, or it can simply be used to tell a story. It can be about life, love, or even death. The poems “I am offering this poem to you,” by Jimmy Santiago Baca and “Curandera,” by Pat Mora are both great compelling poems with interesting qualities. Jimmy Santiago Baca’s poem is a love poem. It is about a poor man in love who cannot afford to buy…

A way of understanding culture is to look at the language a culture use to communicate. Language and culture have an inseparable connection because one directly defines the other. In their respective essays, both Gloria Anzaldúa and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o write about the relationship between language and culture. The two authors recognize that foreigners use language as a tool to influence another culture for their own agenda. In Anzaldúa’s essay, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” she emphasizes that…

Discourse Analysis of “Black Hair” by Gary Soto Background and General Themes - The author of the text is no other than Gary Soto, a straight Mexican American or Chicano male that was 33 years old at the time of the text. - The author’s works focus on daily experiences, more likely than not reflecting on his life as a chicano, and this piece is in line with his other works. - The piece is autobiographical, and as such, it is partly or entirely based on true events the author has experienced. -…

The concept of manhood is usually defined by including the word masculinity. Because of this, the notion of what “being a man” (manhood) entails is often centered and pictured by society in similar terms. For the most part, manhood is thought to include some of the following characteristics: assertive, aggressive, independent, provider, rational, dominate, emotionless, etc. Due to the commonality that is associated between what constitutes “being a man” and masculinity, men are restricted from…

first response to the work and what surprised you the most about the work? Explain in detail. My first response to this work when I read it the first time was a disappointment since I expected something more savory and with better rhymes from a Chicano poet. What surprised me the most about this work is that this poet already has a BA in English Literature from UC Berkley and many publications for a short unattractive poem. Maybe he wrote this poem before all those accomplishments. 2. How would…

paint a picture of the people who live in The Barrio because he recognizes that people reside there for different reasons. “It would be absurd to leave the familiar and nervously step into the strange and cold Anglo community when the needs of the Chicano can be met in the barrio… unable to pay city taxes or incapable of influencing the city to live up to its duty to serve all the citizens, the poorer barrio families remain trapped in the nineteenth century and survive as best they can.”…

My understanding and summary of “Coming into language” is about a young illiterate Hispanic male who had to struggle through the hardships of being racially profiled as a murderer. A self-titled “Chicano,” Baca felt the cultural prejudice early in life which lead to clashes with the police. At age seventeen Baca was detained by police as a suspect in a murder. All of this because of he was not willing to tell authorities how he received a gash on his arm. While in prison awaiting trial, Baca…

would be an incredible honor. Culture to me is an experience, which many people can share and take part in, and I would love to learn about the French experience. To me, aspects of my culture contain heritage terms such as, American, Mexican, and Chicano. My parents are working class immigrants, and we have lived in working/lower class neighborhoods all my life. I appreciate these aspects of culture which I identify with, but in appreciating culture, it is necessary for me to understand and…

instance in which Chico is portrayed as a criminal in a way such that being Chicano makes him a guilty delinquent. Without a pause, Ed and Louie jump to defend Chico. They act as if they have no information to offer, and they try to push Jennings out as soon as possible. This defense, although intended to protect Chico, serves as a reproduction of the Latino-male, criminal stereotype, and it develops the image that Chicano men are crooks and…

Loving Pedro Infante written by Denise Chavez, is an eye-opening novel that follows the life of Tere Avila. Tere is someone extremely relatable because she is a flawed heroine. She perfectly exemplifies a misguided, misunderstood protagonist that one eagerly awaits to be triumphant at the end. Growing up in a border town of Mexico and The United States, Tere is engulfed in both American and Mexican culture but only thinks she relates to her Mexican roots. Tere doesn't quite understand her…