In the short story, “Eleven,” by Sandra Cisneros, a girl named Rachel narrates her eleventh birthday. After her classmate, Sylvia Saldivar, wrongfully stated that a red sweater belonged to Rachel, this causes the teacher to give it to Rachel. Yet, the teacher, Mrs. Price, never took into consideration whether it actually did belong to Rachel. There are three reasons as to why Mrs. Price acted this way. Firstly, Mrs. Price was eager to get rid of the sweater that had been sitting in the classroom’s coatroom for a month. For this reason, she was open to hear any claims to whom the sweater belonged. This is proved when Mrs. Price immediately hands the sweater over to Rachel after Sylvia was the first to comment that it belonged to Rachel. Secondly,