Jimmy Santiago Baca Character Analysis

Is words could possibly change individuals ‘s thoughts from hopelessness, brutality, to become a normal human being that was use to be live inside a prison. Some convict spend a certain amount of time on serving a long or short sentenced, some of the time they lose themselves in a world of brutality and turn out to become worse after coming to the prison. Jimmy Santiago Baca carried on with an existing by hardship and an unavoidable pathway of loss. Children who are neglected at a young age are increasing the risk of emotional and behavioral problem. The absent of parenting’s care, especially at a young age disconnect the relationship between the child and the parent. Family is one of the main themes that the author Jimmy Santiago Baca want
During those times, Jimmy learned not all of those relationships are great. Jimmy ‘s relationship with his parent is not like everyone expected. Father plays a significant part in the development of children. They play an essential role to help their kid to be successful from economic to emotional feeling. Unfortunately, Jimmy lack of this family relationship at a young age. Although Jimmy did have a father, however their relationship is being ruined his dad’s alcoholism and inability to remain calm after being drunk. He describes “When he was drunk, he became vulgar and abusive, reducing himself to a pitiful phantom of the man he was when sober” (11). According to Jimmy, he was only five year old but already went to prison to visit his father, “ I was five year old the first time I ever set foot in prison” (1). This is a shocking moment of the reading when the author introduced the story with this statement. In contrast to the ideal of a nuclear family, in which a father and a mother were together and experience a family stability. Despite being afraid of his father abusing when he was drunk, Jimmy did not succumb to the same fear as his older brother, Mieyo and sister Martina, “When he would stagger in drunk, Mieyo and Martina would hide under the bed or in the closet , but I wasn’t afraid of him. I would hold
At a young age , Mieyo was also afraid of his own father and being neglected by his own mother. Mieyo was quite a complex character. According to Jimmy, Mieyo “ After Mother’s sudden departure he’d become inaccessible and distant” (21). Furthermore, Jimmy states “ He wasn’t the same brother I’d once had. Instead of his usual candor and curiosity, he became cagey and manipulative” (21). Similar to Jimmy, the pain from the rejection also has an effect on Mieyo ’s life. However, unlike Jimmy , Mieyo still hasn't changed much since he was joined the military. His downfall began after the visit to see Jimmy in the prison, Mieyo had gone a wild drunk and he broken his relationship with his girlfriend, Lori. In this perspective, the reader could clearly see that Mieyo has many advantages in life compared to Jimmy but instead he chose to go in the same way as his father once did. Their brother ‘s relationship also seem to be being distance apart, “ Our Conversation started and stopped as we awkwardly probed, not wanting to say the wrong thing, touch on a wound” (196). This indicates the relationship still hasn't change much no matter how much Jimmy character has