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Analysis Of Cloudy Day By Jimmy Santiago Baca

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One of the most impressive things that the human brain is capable of is the action of remembrance. Whether it be remembrance of specific settings or specific people, the human brain is capable of doing so because of effects placed on it due to the time the individual spent. Take remembrance of a certain location; locations can have many details in them that can affect the brain and cause it to intake the stimuli more than something else. While it can never be said for certain why specific locations are ingrained in a personś mind, purely because the human mind is different from person to person, one constant factor is the psychological effects that a specific place can leave in your mind. Locations are quite literally, everywhere. It’s matter …show more content…

A good example of both of these is a poem by the name of “Cloudy Day” by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Jimmy Santiago Baca, a man that was put in prison, told of his time during and after prison and the emotions that developed in his mind. “... and I have not a thing to my name, I feel as if i have everything, everything. ( “Cloudy Day” Lines 45-46)”. After having time to reflect on his actions and on his life, Baca developed new emotions. Even though he was put in a generally miserable place such as prison, this man was able to come back stronger emotionally. When a man leaves prison, they generally have nothing such as when they first enter prison, but in the case of Baca, he felt as though he had everything. All these emotions were developed through experiences that Baca had. “A wall of wind crashes against… as wind swings past broken glass and seethes,... (“Cloudy Day”line 1-4)”. Even something as simple as the sound of wind was described so vividly by Baca. His use of sensory details shows that there was a lot of significance in the time that he spent there. Through the experiences and effects that were ingrained in his mind, Baca’s cognitive abilities recognized the time spent there as impactful and worth

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