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Eleven By Sandra Cisneros
Life can be rough when you don’t stand up for yourself. In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros the main character Rachel has trouble in school on her birthday when the teacher Mrs. Price puts a sweater on her desk and mistakes it for Rachels. I believe the overall theme of this story explores being able to stand up for yourself. Being able to stand up for yourself is a big deal but Rachel won’t. At the start of “Eleven” Rachel doesn’t stand up for herself, and is very shy about telling the teacher that the sweater isn’t hers. In fact when Mrs. Price asks whos sweater it is she stays quiet, unlike all the other kids who say it isn’t theirs out loud. Furthermore when another girl believes the sweater is Rachels and the teacher goes along with
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