Eleven by Sandra Cisneros

The irony of life is that as one grows older they are found wanting youth, while being young one is found wanting to be older and “wiser”. Sandra Cisneros’ short story Eleven puts the reader in the characters shoes, the character being Rachel the narrator. Eleven is told in first person point of view and has many literary devices used. The setting is mainly in the classroom and other than that it is just Rachel’s thoughts. In the short story “Eleven”, author Sandra Cisneros presents a young girl named Rachel, being the narrator, who realizes that in order to get the respect that many have she needs to be older. Cisneros is able to put any reader in the Rachel’s shoes by making one emotion that she gives go for all ages at one point in their

In the essay, “Only Daughter” by Sandra Cisneros, she explains that she has six brothers and she is the only daughter. This relates to me because I am also in a Mexican family, however, I am not the only daughter. Cisneros argues that her father wanted her to get married because that is what daughters were meant to do; that although he agreed on her going to college, it was because he was sure she was going to find a husband. Many Mexican fathers today have this mentality that because they were not able to study, their children are not going to be able to study either and they are going to have to work. However, there are other fathers that because of the fact that they did not obtain the education they desired, the only hope they have is in their children; for the children to be better than them, succeed and become a professional in any area they choose. Cisneros spends a lot of time alone and writes her experience as an only daughter in a family full of sons, which is difficult because her father constantly degrades her and doesn’t value her as a writer. Support and encouragement from a parent is very important because that can help shape a child’s life from a very young age.

Rachel is a generally nervous person throughout the course of the story. She constantly worries about what the town, and more specifically her father, might think. Lawrence and Lee establish this when Rachel goes to the jail to visit

After reading “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, it can be safely said that Rachel has been affected by the situation with the red sweater. The whole situation ruined Rachel’s eleventh birthday, making it a very unhappy birthday indeed. Being mistaken for the owner of the red seater drove poor Rachel to tears, right in front of her class, which embarrassed Rachel greatly, as it would any child of only eleven years old. This is true for multiple reasons. First, Rachel states outright that she doesn’t want to be eleven. On the day of the incident with the red sweater, Rachel wishes that she “was one hundred and two instead of eleven because if [Rachel] was one hundred and two [she’d] have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on [her]

One way that Rachel is emotional is the part in “Eleven” when she is talking about being all different ages “ what they don't tell you about birthdays, and what they don't tell you when you are eleven, you’re also,ten, nine, eight,seven,six,five,four,three,two and one” she was being kind of whiny about being eleven. That shows that she is emotional. Second, when Mrs. Price sets the ugly disgusting sweater on Rachel's desk, she puts her head down and starts crying. Even though the sweater wasn't hers she could have at least done something else besides putting her head down and starting to cry. This also shows that she is emotional. Lastly, when Mrs. Price tells Rachel to put the sweater on she starts to cry in front of the whole entire class “ I put my head down and buried my face into the stupid clown

In the story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros there is a theme about, say something before it's too late.And I have evidences because in the beginning a girl she wished she was 102 for she would know what to say. And also in the middle of the story of the story she she doubted not saying anything.And at the end she is very mad she wish she could go back in time and change the past she wished that she said something.

In the text, Eleven, by Sandra Cinsneros, the story explains how a young girl, Rachel turns eleven, but doesn’t feel or act as if she is eleven. Rachel counts down from eleven, which are her past ages instead of counting forward, which are her future ages to come. She counts down because she has experienced these ages before and tells the readers that when you turn eleven you still act these younger ages and are still inside of us. She can’t or doesn’t count forward like twelve, thirteen, fourteen, etc. because those are her future ages to come and doesn’t know what it’s like to be older just yet. Rachel compares aging to her wooden dolls that fit inside each other. This means that every year as we get older, all our younger previous ages all

Sandra Cisneros story Eleven is an influential piece about the struggle of Rachael on her eleventh birthday. Rachael is a young girl who is harassed with understanding how to feel about her birthday, a day which is delightful for most but not for her. She fights through her age and maturity to be understood, but fails. Told from an insightful first person Eleven contains simplistic diction and a good use of similes to characterize Rachael as a neglected and sad girl with an advanced outlook on birthdays

The main idea of the story, “Eleven”, by Sandra Cisneros illustrates that birthdays are symbolic but do not necessarily represent emotional evolution. Cisneros uses examples of this when talking about the main character, Rachel, mother. “And maybe one day when you’re all grown up maybe you will need to cry like if you’re three, and that’s okay. That’s what I tell Mama when she’s sad and needs to cry. Maybe she’s feeling three.” Cisneros talks about the emotional experience that we can all relate to about growing up. The story illustrates how the layers of ages are never fully gone at each birthday instead they are added onto the current age. I agree that a person carries all ages that they have been. Some days you may feel like being childish and silly, that’s

Three souls ( Estelle,Garcin, and Inez) are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious Valet. They have all expected medieval torture devices to punish them for eternity, but instead find a plain room furnished in Second Empire style.

Birthdays are usually the happiest and the most exciting day of the year for most people. However, in “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel experiences the worst birthday ever. Rachel looks forward to cake and songs for her eleventh birthday, but her day starts to go wrong when her teacher forces Rachel to wear an old sweater that does not belong to her. In the story, Cisneros characterizes Rachel as shy, weak, and childish. First of all, Rachel is shy because she cannot express her opinions.

Hey, pretend it’s your eleventh birthday and everything is going very well. Then all a sudden something terrible happens and you're in the middle of it. Want to hear more? Keep reading and find out! In Eleven, author Sandra Cisneros reveals a theme: Coming of age. Thus, this story is about Rachel, expecting to feel eleven but she doesn’t. Although, This story takes place in the classroom when Ms. Price claimed that an ugly sweater was Rachel’s.

Just a while ago I read the realistic fiction short story, “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros. Rachel’s day started out just like any other day, only today wasn’t any other day. Today was her eleventh birthday. It was supposed to be perfect, Rachel’s mom was making a cake and when her dad got home, they would all sing “Happy birthday, happy birthday to you.” When Rachel got to class things were different than she expected. It all started when Mrs. Price asked who’s sweater it was that had been in the coat closet for a month. Then “That stupid Sylvia Salvador says “I think it belongs to Rachel, ”” and Mrs. Price believed her. Then Mrs. Price made Rachel wear the ugly, germy, smelly, “maybe a thousand years old”, red sweater. All the years inside

I could feel my heart in my chest contracting and start to shatter into a thousand pieces. It was as if a boa constrictor had a gruesome grip around my beating heart, and was going in for the kill. The sly animal knew exactly how to work with its body around my most valuable organ, and it knew where to squeeze. The snake had not always been so evil, in fact, there was a point where I trusted the serpent with my life. Things soon change, quicker than most of us expect it.

In the text ‘’Eleven’’ Sandra Cisneros uses many literacy techniques to characterize Rachel. She uses comparison on the line 19 and 20. She compares her growth to that of an opinion or like rings in a tree trunk. She uses more comparison on line 30 and 31 saying she has 11 years rattling in her like pennies in a tin Band-Aid