Analysis Of Eleven By Sandra Cisneros

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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

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