Sandra Cisneros Eleven Analysis

The story Eleven by Sandra Cisneros has a great theme, stand up for yourself. Mitchell Davis once said Be yourself & I promise people will enjoy it; & if they don’t forget them. In the beginning, Mrs. pierce was trying to figure out who’s red sweater it was. When Sylvia Saldivar said that it was rachel's Mrs.pierce said that she saw rachel wearing it, even though Rachel said it was not hers. This connects to the theme because when she tried to tell Mrs.Pierce that it was not hers she ended up saying “ That's not, I don’t, you’re not… Not mine.” This shows that Rachel did not stand up for herself.
Another time, she did not stand up for herself is when Mrs.Pierce tells Rachel to stop being ridiculous and put on the sweater instead of pushing