Has your birthday ever been the worst day of your life? Well, for Rachel, it was. The book “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a story about a girl, Rachel, who’s birthday was spent in school and it turned an embarrassing and bad day. In Rachel’s 11th birthday, it was the worst day ever because her teacher made her wear an ugly, dirty sweater that wasn’t even hers, she cried in class, and the owner of the sweater didn’t say it was hers until everyone in the class was not listening and about to leave. This made Rachel’s special day the most embarrassing day ever. To begin with, Rachel’s horrible day started with the teacher finding and ugly, red, dirty sweater. A student, Silvia Saldivar, says that it belongs to Rachel, even though it doesn’t, and Mrs. Price believes her and makes Rachel wear. In paragraph 9, the author writes, “That stupid Silvia Saldivar says, “I think it belongs to Rachel” … but Mrs. Price believes her.” In addition, in paragraph 15, the author writes, ““Rachel” Mrs. Price says. She says it as if she’s getting mad. “you put that sweater on right now and no more nonsense.”” This supports the idea that Mrs. Price believes the student who stated that the ugly sweater was Rachel’s and forced her to wear it. …show more content…
She starts to cry when she puts on the ugly sweater that was full of germs. In paragraph 19, the author writes, “That’s when everything I’ve been holding since this morning, since when Mrs. Price put the sweater on my desk, finally lets go, and all of the sudden I’m crying in front of everybody.” This supports how she’s been holding in her tears since when Mrs. Price said the sweater was hers, and now she’s crying in front of the
This story basically tells of a girl?s pride being hurt. It was Rachel?s birthday and her teacher embarrassed her by stating a raggedy old sweater was hers. The metaphors Rachel uses to describe this article of clothing and her age throughout the story are indicators that she is still a child and that she lives a simple life. For example, Rachel said ?Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside ...
Ellen just felt a distant sadness. Ellen cried just a little bit. Her grandmother was furious because Ellen showed some emotions. She told her to never cry again. After that Ellen becomes scarred for a long time.
Lauren Alleyne uses the rigid form of the sonnet to navigate through the healing process after being sexually assaulted. Ten years after that night, she writes the sonnet sequence Eighteen, which deviates from the typical sonnet form in the aspects of the speaker, subject, and format. Playing off of the standard sonnet form, Alleyne is able to recount the emotions of that night during the first sonnet in the sequence. The typical sonnet tends to objectify the female body or one’s lover; in this sequence, the sonnets address what happens when an individual acts on these objectifications and assaults Alleyne. Alleyne deviates from the standard subject and speaker of the typical sonnet form to begin the healing process; the process begins
Of course, Rachel being 11 years old, she does not have a broad mindset which is the cause of her simplistic phrases that include repetition that help reflect her true age. “Not mine, not mine, not mine” repeating that the “ugly sweater” was not hers but clearly not being understood, Rachel must repeat this phrase -only in her head- just like any child would when not being listened to. Not only does this phrase inform the reader of Rachel’s weakness to stand up for herself but also of how she is accustomed to not being listened which has her thinking that she must repeat herself. Finding comfort in not only burying her face but in the thought of “mama's cake” and “everybody singing happy birthday”, she demonstrates that she feels smaller physically and emotionally so she continues this saying in her head to get her through her moment of the “sick feeling”. After constant wishing of being “102”, or “invisible” Rachel finally decides that it is too late for “mamas cake, “candles, presents and everybody will sing happy birthday” because she no longer feels “ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, one” she no longer needs closure of her
The author’s use of Rachel’s perspective is important because it establishes a connection between the reader and the character. Noting that Rachel is eleven years old justifies her childish point of view that is expressed all throughout the piece. The entire story focuses around Rachel’s teacher trying to give Rachel back a sweater. Since Rachel’s considers the sweater ugly, she believes that she will be made of for it. For example, when Mrs. Price put the
Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.
The others watched her crying grow very loud as her face squeezed itself out of shape. They sat, not touching her, bewildered by her display. She sobbed uncontrollably, he said. Montag himself was stunned and shaken” (101). Mrs. Phelps starts crying because of Dover Beach referring to a war, which her husband is in during that section of the novel.
okay.” The fact that the day was her birthday really makes it worse because who would want to spend their day being yelled at by their teacher and being humiliated in front of the class for something they were right about the whole time. It’s quite sad really and you wonder why the teacher didn’t believe her, like I’m pretty sure she know’s if that was her sweater or not and it makes you have sympathy for Rachel and all the things she is going through on her birthday.
...sion of Steinbeck's short story, Steinbeck has her fall right back into the rut she so despised. She comes back to reality and "turned up her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly-like an old woman."
In the novel Station Eleven the author Emily St. John Mandel uses characters and different situations throughout the book to show us how humans are able to resilience.
story but also to show Rachel’s feelings throughout the story. As Rachel talks about her
In “Eleven”, written by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros uses literary techniques such as diction and imagery to characterize Rachel’s character during her transition from age ten to age 11. These literary techniques help to describe how Rachel feels in certain situations while also explaining her qualities and traits. Through the use of these literary techniques Cisneros also collaborated on Rachel’s feelings when she was other ages and how she felt at that time during her life.
The literary piece “11:59” was written by Patricia C. McKissack and discussed a story involving the character Lester Simmons. Lester Simmons was a retired Pullman porter who was outgoing and enjoyed to tell stories. He had a funny side, but Lester was also diligent and determined in everything he did. The story took place in the 1950’s beginning at Union Station and moving into Lester’s apartment. Within the exposition of the piece, Lester Simmons was explaining the legendary 11:59 Death train for train porters to the youthful porters on Compton Avenue. Throughout the story, he was dealing with the conflict of fighting death and avoiding boarding the 11:59 train. As the story progresses, Lester is forced to resolve his conflict, and the author provided hints of symbolism in the outcome of the selection.
“‘Alright Cassie,’ she sighed, turning to me, ‘ome on and get yours’” (Taylor, 27). When the Logan children returned back to school, they were promised brand new books. The children received the “new” books, but they noticed a chart that proved the white school had passed the books down to the kids. Cassie’s brother, Little Man, likes everything clean. He refused the book due to the horrible quality. He looking inside the book, and noticed the chart. He threw a fit. His teacher switched him. Cassie notices the chart and says, “‘Miz Crocker, don’t please!- I know why he done it!’”She shows her teacher the book, but Mrs. Crocker isn’t phased by the
In the story, “An Hour With Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Arturo goes to visit his Abuelo and throughout the story realizes that he shouldn’t be so quick to judge the people that care about him because you might find them to be worth your time. This story teaches its readers that you should cherish the time you have with the people that love you. Arturo thinks to himself, “I want my mother to have to wait a little. I don’t want her to think that I’m in a hurry or anything.” (Cofer, 140) This quote proves that he realizes he has a lot in common with his Abuelo and ended up enjoying the time he had with him. Throughout the story Arturo and Abuelo realize all the things they have in common with each other. This idea brings the readers back to the thought that it is never too late to make a connection and enjoy the time you have with the people who love you.