Pride is what Hurts
In the story "It's that it Hurts" by Tomás Rivera a boy who has no name is expelled from his school. The "it" in the story is his pride. Three examples of why his pride hurts are, the nurse makes him take off all of his clothes, he has to sit in class with smelly substance hair, and he is no longer able to become a telephone operator because he was expelled. The first example of him losing pride is when the nurse makes him take off all his clothes. He even had to take off his underwear. This is so embarrassing to him as the author says in the text. The second example of him losing pride is when he sits in the corner of the class and everyone can see and smell his odored hair. His hair is smelly because the nurse had