2 Points
Click to read "I Am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then
answer the question.
Jimmy Santiago Baca grew up in the American Southwest. His parents
abandoned him as a boy and he lived in an orphanage. He ran away, fell into
dangerous habits, and spent five years in prison.
How might these experiences most likely have influenced his poem "I Am
Offering this Poem?"
A. He developed a close relationship with nature that all can share.
B. He wanted to offer readers a simple message of love that didn't
depend on having material things.
C. He was determined to get an education and wanted to spread that
hope to others.
O D. He learned to live off of the land to survive.