Tween or Child? Kamalika Kummathi Critical Thinking/ S2 In the story “Eleven,” Rachel, the narrator, acts more like a child than a tween. The text mentioned that the “sweater hurts me and it is itchy and full of germs that aren’t mine.” (Paragraph 18) This proves that Rachel acts like a child worrying about germs and itches than more significant matters. It also paints a picture that Rachel is selfish, an expected trait of children, and she doesn’t care that other people are suffering worse. According to the text, Rachel is “thinking how till lunchtime, how long till I can take the red sweater and throw it over the school yard fence.” (Paragraph 14) This shows that