Summary Of Green Chili By Jimmy Santiago Baca

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In the poem “Green Chili” by Jimmy Santiago Baca the author shows us how this poem relates to culture, identity, and family. To begin with, from the narrator's perspective in this poem mastering languages has helped him thrive by knowing the two languages English and Spanish. Also, being able to master language has a big impact for his identity as a bilingual person and his culture for the Hispanic traditional food for example in the poem it states “green chili con carne between soft warm leaves of corn tortilla”. For mastering the languages is prior to family being with his grandmother cooks chilli is his way of connecting the world with his culture as a New Mexican. In conclusion, the concept of mastering language connects him to culture