A lot of times, people look forward to the next time they celebrate the day of their birth. Typically, there's cake, presents, people and all kinds of fun during a birthday celebration. Sometimes people are really excited and other times they are not. It depends on what kind of person they are. In the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros, we meet a young girl by the name of Rachel on her eleventh birthday. In the short story "Eleven," Cisneros uses literary techniques; simile, language, and imagery in order to characterize Rachel. When the story starts out, the reader can clearly see that Rachel isn't all that excited to be turning eleven years old. As the story progresses a bit, the reader sees a couple of similes that reflect the
