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COMMENTS:
*From the age of 13 on Luis had ended up in cells like San Gabriel jail house, Pomona, Temple City, L.A. Monterey Park, East lake's juvenile detention hall and the L.A. county jail system.
*At the age of 17 Luis faced a felonious charge of attempted murder .
*At jail, even though he has to confront the issue of opposite gangs, he meets "Chente", a member of the "Sangra", and they share verses and conversations.
*"Chente" stays at jail while Luis comes out because he is found innocent of the charges,even though he wasn't.
*Luis starts to write poetry in jail, and he shows it to one of his teachers in the school when he gets out of prison.
QUESTIONS:
*what were the reasons Luis got interested in gans?
*why does he tell us all about him? If he could be put in jail about it.
*what was the comdent for murder by that time?
VOCABULARY:
*poignant: sharply painful to the feelings.
*prelude: a preliminary part.
*stringy: adj. A thin line of fiber, leather used for tying or pulling.
LITERARY TERMS:
*Denouement: "the next weeks were stacked with uncertainty about the case. Meanwhile, the the people at ToHMAS welcomed me back to school.
*Poetry:
"Aquí estoy
En la calle sin jando.
Nadie de mi placa
Y a nadie le importa.
Voy al chante de mi ruca
Pero se queda mirando
Le hablo con mi alma
Pero la puerta se esta cerrando." Page #189
SUMMARY:
In this part of the book, Luis tells the reader about how many tiimes he has been in jail, and how the life in jail changes hi personality, because in jail he does share time with the members of the opposite gang like "Chente", and he starts too join out of all these gang activity.
COMMENTS:
*From the age of 13 on Luis had ended up in cells like San Gabriel jail house, Pomona, Temple City, L.A. Monterey Park, East lake's juvenile detention hall and the L.A. county jail system.
*At the age of 17 Luis faced a felonious charge of attempted murder .
*At jail, even though he has to confront the issue of opposite gangs, he meets "Chente", a member of the "Sangra", and they share verses and conversations.
*"Chente" stays at jail while Luis comes out because he is found innocent of the charges,even though he wasn't.
*Luis starts to write poetry in jail, and he shows it to one of his teachers in the school when he gets out of prison.
QUESTIONS:
*what were the reasons Luis got interested in gans?
*why does he tell us all about him? If he could be put in jail about it.
*what was the comdent for murder by that time?
VOCABULARY:
*poignant: sharply painful to the feelings.
*prelude: a preliminary part.
*stringy: adj. A thin line of fiber, leather used for tying or pulling.
LITERARY TERMS:
*Denouement: "the next weeks were stacked with uncertainty about the case. Meanwhile, the the people at ToHMAS welcomed me back to school.
*Poetry:
"Aquí estoy
En la calle sin jando.
Nadie de mi placa
Y a nadie le importa.
Voy al chante de mi ruca
Pero se queda mirando
Le hablo con mi alma
Pero la puerta se esta cerrando." Page #189
SUMMARY:
In this part of the book, Luis tells the reader about how many tiimes he has been in jail, and how the life in jail changes hi personality, because in jail he does share time with the members of the opposite gang like "Chente", and he starts too join out of all these gang activity.
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