Character Traits Of Eleven By Sandra Cisnero

Hey! Have you ever read Eleven, The Jumping Tree, or The Ravine? Have you ever thought about what character traits Rachel, Ricky, Joe-Boy, or any other character possessed? Well I can answer that for you. Though the characters have many character traits, I picked the one that seemed to represent them more, at least the ones that I thought represented them more. Read this essay made by me, Rebecca Nylund, to see what character trait the characters represent more. The best character to start with is Rachel, from Eleven by Sandra Cisnero. One of the character traits I believe she possesses is that she’s sensitive. For example, in the story it states that she started to cry in front of the class on page 235. I’m pretty sensitive, but even if everyone’s eyes is on me I probably would have at least held it in. In the story it also says: “...all of a sudden I’m feeling sick inside, like the part of me that’s three wants to come out of my eyes…” (“...” means that there is text or writing before or after the phrase). This shows that even if the teacher didn’t yell at her, she still was about to cry, which is what a sensitive person would probably do. Rachel was a good start, but we still have two more characters to discuss!

One of the character traits that he has is that he’s talented. For example, in the story it says: “...he’d tumble, pop a cartwheel, flip backwards, or walk on his hands.” He can easily do tricks and it sounds like he can do it with barely any effort at all. That’s something I can’t and might never do. In the story it also says: “...swung forward, let go,, twisted, caught the bar again, swung toward me, flipped, released, flipped, and stuck the landing.” He did all of those tricks, all of those flips, and all on a rough, hard branch. That’s also something I will never do. So, we’ve done Ricky and Rachel, let’s change from the ‘two r’s’ to the one