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Rachel's Short Story 'Eleven'

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In the story “Eleven” the main character Rachel is acting like an immature child. There are many examples of her emotions coming out of her in a childlike way. One example is when she begins to give excuses for certain behaviors and relates them to younger ages like it is ok to act like a kid. Using comparisons like “Or maybe some days you might need to sit on your mama’s lap because you’re scared, and that’s the part of you that’s five” shows how she would prefer to act childlike and not grow up and act more like a tween. Then as the story continues she starts to mumble “That’s not, I don’t, you’re not…not mine.” In this part of the story, Rachel has just been given an ugly, sticky, germy sweater by Mrs. Price, her math teacher, and she
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