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The Scene that Stands out the Most in A Place to Stand

Maddie Schleifer
English 1100
12 June 2018
Prof. Young

The Scene that Stands out the Most From pages 1-66 in A Place to Stand

The novel entitled, A Place to Stand, written by Jimmy Santiago Baca discusses his poor upbringing and the hardships he had faced growing up. One situation he struggled with understanding was his mother abandoning his family at the age of seven. His mom, Cecilia, had met a rich white man, Richard. He did not approve of her Spanish children so she had left her children in the custody of their grandparents to be with him. On the way to drop of the kids, Richard hit Mieyo. Baca states, "Crybaby," Mieyo said, and then the engine slowed and Richard backhanded him across the face. "Stop that or I'll throw you out!"(16). This scene stood out to me the most because Richard should have not hit Mieyo because it is not his kid, instead he should have talked to Mieyo or tell his mom to handle the situation. When they dropped the kids off, she told them she would be right back, but never returned. If Richard did love her, he should had never put her in the situation to give up her kids. While her three children, Martina, Mieyo, and Jimmy lived with their grandparents they kept hope that she would come back to them, unfortunately, she never did. When living with their grandparents, Grandpa Baca had suddenly passed, which caused Mieyo and Jimmy to end up in St. Anthony's Boys Home, an orphanage in Albuquerque. Even living in the orphanage, Jimmy still wished his mom would come to his rescue.