Rachel's Short Story 11

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In the story “Eleven”, the narrator describes Rachel’s behavior more like a child than a tween. A child acts like a baby that cries and thinks only about herself, but a tween is more mature, smarter, and willing to help and play with little kids. In the article on paragraph nine, Rachel says, “Not mine”, like she is four years old and like a child. She also says, “My face all hot and spit coming from my mouth because I can’t stop the little animal noises coming from me.” The way Rachel talks and makes noises is how a child acts. One more thing that she says is, “the part of me that is three wants to come out of my eyes,” so she admits she is a child and not a tween. Also a tween does not cry like a three year old. This information