"Into Death Bravely" 

                 In “Into Death Bravely” Santiago talks about how winter is bad for farmers and poor people. It can destroy in many ways in a short period of time. Peoples dreams and lives get shuttered during that time and leave them empty handed. In “Into Death Bravely” Jimmy Santiago Baca also reports the winter like a knight with his strong imagery. The signal of the story is dark and fearful. In the poem he talks about self-discovering and shows us a side of it that isn’t very pretty. Life is always hard and never easy and we have to fight through whatever comes in our way.

              “Santiago was born in 1952 in Mexico City, abandoned by parents, lived with grandparents, then became an orphan. At age 21 lived on the streets, convicted of drug possession and sent jail for 6 years, 4 was isolating taught himself how to read and write which got him into poetry.” Santiago’s all the poems are dark and depressing which is connected to his past as he had to face a lot of difficulties and struggles. In this poem he also addresses people’s problems and lives being not easy.