Gary Soto the writer of the poem Behind Grandma's House stats off the poem by saying "at ten I wanted fame." This gives the reader comprehension that the poem is a flashback to when the speaker was a young boy. The title Behind Grandma's House gives the reader knowledge about the poem's setting before reading it, also that Grandma may be in the poem. Soto writes the poem is in free verse form in first person. All through the poem, Soto writes about a young child coming of age, by doing pointless and asinine things. Like Soto writes, "At ten I wanted fame... I kicked fences. I shooed pigeons. And frightened ants with a stream of spit." Soto knows that as an adolescent you do senseless things without thinking but its just to seemed cool at the