Prof. Young
English 1100
June 10, 2018
The scene I chose to write about is in the prologue on page 2. The is when Baca and his mom walk into the jail to sign papers to have his father released. When Baca and his mom come face to face with him through the bars we get shown the scene of his father reaching his hand through the bars to Baca. Baca's mom pulled away him away by his hand. Baca describes the pressure of his moms hand against his. Baca states that his father gets swallowed by the darkness of the prison and all he wants to do is get away from his mom to go back to his father. Baca uses key details that help the reader feel the emotions he was feeling in the moment. He describes the "green painted bars, the guards with guns and keys and surly attitudes, the caked grime on the walls and floor, the unshaven men with no teeth and swollen red eyes and scratched faces- these filled me with terror" (Baca 2). Baca can remember the way the jail looked and the way he felt within the jail facing his father.
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