In the story Eleven Rachel, the narrator acts more like a child. The author states, “I put one arm through one sleeve of the sweater… I sit there with my arms apart like if the sweater hurts me, and it does.” Knowing children, they would probably look for the worst in situations they don’t like. They would then try to over exaggerate to get their point across, like “the sweater hurts me.” “I put my head down on my desk and bury my face into my stupid clown arms.” As stated by the story. The person crying and putting their arms down into their arms is a cliché reaction to crying in public with children, not tweens. A tween in a situation like this would most likely try to hold it back better, or better yet, act like nothings happening to