Analyzing Rachel's Short Story 'Eleven'
In the short story “Eleven,” the speaker is Rachel, a school kid who tells us of her unfortunate experience with a red sweater. In such a short time the main character is actually rather well-developed. Because of the author’s use of literary techniques, the speaker appears fearful,childish, and wise.
We,as the audience, can almost feel Rachel’s fear and humiliation as she is forced to wear a smelly,hideous sweater that doesn’t belong to her. We can feel the silly enveloping fear that children feel over the slightest of things.Her word choice is childish: “That stupid Phyllis Lopez, who is even dumber than Sylvia Saldivar.”Her wishing to be older and stronger, and “one hundred and two” makes her appear scared and embarrassed. We can tell from
We,as the audience, can almost feel Rachel’s fear and humiliation as she is forced to wear a smelly,hideous sweater that doesn’t belong to her. We can feel the silly enveloping fear that children feel over the slightest of things.Her word choice is childish: “That stupid Phyllis Lopez, who is even dumber than Sylvia Saldivar.”Her wishing to be older and stronger, and “one hundred and two” makes her appear scared and embarrassed. We can tell from