Short Story It's That It Hurts By Thomas Rivera

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In the short story “It’s That It Hurts” by Thomas Rivera, a boy gets expelled. The “It” that hurts is his hope, because he does not think he can ever go back to school, he will not be able to do his dream job, and he thinks he let down his parents. To begin with one reason the boys hope hurts is because he does not think he can go back to school. In the text the boy says “I won't be able to go to school anymore.” He thinks that it is the end of school for him so he loses his hope. Therefore his hope also hurts because he does not think he can pursue his dream job. In the text he basically says that ‘he will never be able to finally do what he wanted to do, a telephone operator.’ He needs to graduate to become a telephone operator and he can