Chapter 7 summary

Chapter 7:
Chapter seven in A Place to Stand is about reflection of Baca's past life leading up to his time spent in prison. Lying on his cot, he rethinkrethink what events occurred in his childhood that caused so much confusion in his life. He has problems with trusting people. Everyone that he had ever put his trust in left him for what seemed like tge "white" lifestyle. His mother left him when he was young for a white man denying her traditions and family to become like white women. His sister, Martina, was married to a white man witg kids and had no time for Jimmy. The only positive male role model in his life was his grandfather who had died years ago.