The answer to your question:
1. how close the quarters were
2. human waste everywhere
3. people dying or already dead down in the hold
Pros: one must subsequently think about what they want to say before it comes out of their mouth so they will have control over their worlds in a conversation. Other people in conversation will be clearer in their message so the recipient with this disorder will be able to understand them.
Cons: difficulty communicating on an intelligent level, distance from society and communication, being left behind in group conversation.
"Cloudy Day" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is to show how there can always be sunshine on a cloudy day. Meaning that no matter how bad things are, it could possibly b worse, so we should always be optimistic.
The purpose of the flashback is to show how the speaker has changed from the start of his prison time to the end.
As shown in this excerpt from the story, " ...the wind in my face gave me the feeling I could grasp the tower like a cornstalk..." (Lines 15 & 16) This quote shows that even though he was in the prison he still felt powerful.
