27 August 2015
A New Attitude on Age Sandra Cisneros is a well-known author who has been honored with numerous awards from her written stories with different perspectives people can relate to. Cisneros wrote “Eleven” to reveal a child’s thought during her birthday on while she is at school. The Mexican-American novelist, Cisneros, captures a universal childhood problem in her story, “Eleven” by centering the story on a child named Rachel. Published in 1991, “Eleven” is a popular, coming-of-age story because it reveals raw emotions Rachel feels when she faces injustice and is captured through point of view, themes, and figurative language. “Eleven” is a story that is relatable to the audience around the world because it is from an innocent and youthful point-of-view during a discomforting experience. Cisneros …show more content…
The word choice presented in the story is straightforward and simple. There are no big words used because the story is based off an eleven-year-old narrator. Her age is not only given away by the title, but also by her word choice. The use of many commas connects all the thoughts as a whole. The sentences would have been read like distinct thoughts if there were no commas. Commas in this story connect the thoughts of feelings sick, squeezing your eyes shut biting down your teeth, and remembering its your birthday. The rambling tone is relatable to us because people’s thoughts come in huge clusters. Repetition is seen throughout the story, which illustrate a story coming from a person’s mind. Writing “not mine” three times makes it feel like the audience is inside Rachel’s mind. Repeating something important is relatable to the audience because it is what everyone has done before when they had to remember something important. The figurative language used in this story was able to demonstrate Rachel’s first person narrative and bring out the themes within the
A New Attitude on Age Sandra Cisneros is a well-known author who has been honored with numerous awards from her written stories with different perspectives people can relate to. Cisneros wrote “Eleven” to reveal a child’s thought during her birthday on while she is at school. The Mexican-American novelist, Cisneros, captures a universal childhood problem in her story, “Eleven” by centering the story on a child named Rachel. Published in 1991, “Eleven” is a popular, coming-of-age story because it reveals raw emotions Rachel feels when she faces injustice and is captured through point of view, themes, and figurative language. “Eleven” is a story that is relatable to the audience around the world because it is from an innocent and youthful point-of-view during a discomforting experience. Cisneros …show more content…
The word choice presented in the story is straightforward and simple. There are no big words used because the story is based off an eleven-year-old narrator. Her age is not only given away by the title, but also by her word choice. The use of many commas connects all the thoughts as a whole. The sentences would have been read like distinct thoughts if there were no commas. Commas in this story connect the thoughts of feelings sick, squeezing your eyes shut biting down your teeth, and remembering its your birthday. The rambling tone is relatable to us because people’s thoughts come in huge clusters. Repetition is seen throughout the story, which illustrate a story coming from a person’s mind. Writing “not mine” three times makes it feel like the audience is inside Rachel’s mind. Repeating something important is relatable to the audience because it is what everyone has done before when they had to remember something important. The figurative language used in this story was able to demonstrate Rachel’s first person narrative and bring out the themes within the