Comparing Eleven And David Talamántez On The Last Day Of Second Grade

David's mother got worse and she began to think of new ways to torture David. David was one of a few brothers, but only he was targeted. The other brothers pretended he wasn't even there. There was only one person in the family that still loved David was his father. David’s father would fight for David and would protect him from the mother. But, he would always lose. Whenever David's father went to work, David would get beat. Dave became the scapegoat for his mother's mistakes. David became a slave of the house and did all the chores. If he did not finish his chores with an unreasonable time, he did not receive dinner. David was starved for three days at a time. Once, David got stabbed by his mother for not completing her dishes. Whenever David came back from school his mother forced him to throw up to see if he got any food at school. This happened every

Everybody wants to feel important on their birthday; whether it be their seventh birthday or their seventeenth birthday, growing a year older is still important. Sandra Cisnero’s “Eleven” depicts the day of a young girl’s eleventh birthday. Through the use of imagery, narration, and similes, Sandra Cisneros characterizes Rachel to explain her day as turning eleven wasn’t as good as everyone would hope it to be. Sandra Cisnero characterizes Rachel as a girl who over analyzes every action and who has high expectations for herself and others. Rachel focuses heavily on the little things, whether it is that Sylvia Saldivar giving her a hard time or over who owns the ugly red sweater.

David's instructor was intimidating, rude, and somewhat abusive, but despite these things he used her behavior as a motivator to succeed. David was not about to give up and he: "refused to stand convicted on the teacher's charge of laziness," and due to that, he studied for 4 or more hours every night because he was determined to stand out (Sedaris, 1999). David clearly had a reaction to his teacher’s approach, which created a sense of urgency and a need to excel. His choice to persevere, despite her attitude, caused him to work hard, and he was once again able to use humor to get through by adding jokes to his responses to her quizzes. This whole experience shaped him into a better person and made him

The most important lesson for Rachel that comes out of this situation is that after wearing the disgusted sweater she has become even older, and it was tied to the experience instead of the birthday itself. She understands that it is the challenge she needs to grow up faster as she will receive additional benefits of behaving the way she wants and resisting to the outside irritators. As for the literature techniques, the author applies language, diction and symbolism to reveal the issues of experience, aging, knowledge, power, authority and freedom. The discovering is gaining age are conveyed with the help of the memories of eleven-year-old girl on her birthday. Rachel resists her humiliation from Mrs. Pierce, and that is the exact moment when her “smart eleven” comes as well[2].

In the story “Eleven”,Rachel is forced to wear and ugly burgundy-colored sweater,by her teacher, that symbolizes lack of maturity,weakness,and power. There are multiple lines in this story that

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.

David’s first impression of his teacher was: She’s mean and very sarcastic with her responses. At that point he knew he was in trouble. So, he

Sandra Cisneros writes a memoir through the eyes of an eleven year old. Turning eleven happens to be a tragic day for the main character, Rachel. Through various literary techniques such as hyperbole, simile, and syntax, Rachel is characterized. Rachel is a fresh turning eleven year old who finds herself in an awful situation on her birthday. Forced to wear a raggedy old sweater that doesn’t belong to her, she makes it defiantly clear her feelings towards the clothing item, and we see this through use of hyperboles. Rachel describes the sweater as ugly and too “stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope.” This extreme exaggeration demonstrates

In the short story, “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, a young child named Rachel experienced her eleventh birthday in a classroom. As the story progresses there is a change in the tone- from nonchalant to sadness to anger. Cisneros uses various forms of figurative language throughout “Eleven”, such as repetition, metaphors and similes, and symbolism.

wants to be a free spirt and isolated. As Rachel turns eleven, her attitude towards the end of the

Miss Caroline is a brand new teacher and has been trained to teach in a certain way. When she finds that Scout’s premature reading ability disrupts her teaching plan she has no idea what to do with her, and tells Scout not to read at home anymore. ‘Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading.’ This shows how society is oblivious to individual situations and this can cause achievements to be frowned upon.

The protagonist soon learns that life of a person is expected to be guided by the norms that regulate virtually every aspect of one’s developed. A good example is the criticism that she faced when she had learned to read before school: it was something that children were not supposed to do.

Rachel grew up in a house hold where she had to grow up really quick. In her early teenage years she witnesses her mom struggle through abusive relationships with her step dad and other boyfriends that came after. She eventually became an alcoholic. By the time Rachel was 13 year old, she dropped out of school to take the role of the emotional and financial care taker of her mother. Living in her

David has made his way from Blunderstone to London, where he will be staying in Salem House, his new school. In London, David is fetched by one of the teachers from Salem House, Mr.Mell. Once David and Mr.Mell have arrived at Salem house, David finds out that everyone is out on vacation and that he was sent during vacation as a punishment for his bad actions. Later, the same day of his arrival, David has a placard with the words “Beware of him. He bites” placed on him by Mr.Mell, which he quickly becomes very anxious about and wonders whether he’ll be bullied for it when the rest of the boys return to Salem House. However, David knows he must wear it at all times and have it visible in order not to get reported by Mr.Tungay, an assistant of

Ellis1Malik EllisProfessor JannotsEnglish 10121 September 2015First day of schoolSweaty palms, shortness of breath, stomach locking it was the first day of school. I was alreadylate for school because my little sister slept under the fan and caught a cold that night so mom had toquickly find a baby sitter. Thinking to myself “can my day get any better.” I already had a lot to thinkabout I was the new kid. That’s where the pressure was at I wondered if kids was going to like me, if Ihad anyone to sit at lunch with or if anyone thought anything wrong.Everyone was so judgmental nowadays. I get in the car every year mom has a pep talk with meon how she knows I can do this and the rewards if I get good grades, but it was only going in one ear andout the other. The time is now 8:30 School started at 8:15 so I get out the car and tell mom goodbye.“Have a nice day at school sweetie love, ya.” Mom said“Love you too, see you later.” I said as my voice trembled over every word.I walk in the school and I can hear the sounds of my footsteps as I block any and every sound out.Boom! Boom! Boom! Was all I heard as I look for my classroom?“Do you need help young man?” The man said fiercely.“Yes I am looking for room 207.” I responded back to him.“Well 2 means second floor and we are on the third floor sir.”I didn’t even respond back because I felt that he approached me the wrong way with an unnecessarytone and attitude. So I walk to the second floor and find my classroom. I stood at the door