7821ar+I+Build+Walls+Essay

=I Build Walls=

==I believe that this poem, "I Build Walls", really digs deep into your emotions. If I could summarize this poem, I would say that these "walls" are what keep your emotions inside of you until you want them to go. Two of the most important lines in this poem are "Walls meant to be fortresses, are prisions after all". I feel that these two lines are the most important because they show that walls that keep your emotions in, also keep them away from everything else.==

==Personally, I, too, have built walls. The reason that I built walls is because I thought that they would keep my emotions safe. But they don't! Someone will find out eventually. Every wall breaks at some point. And the narrator also thinks that they don't help. I know from those same two lines. Building walls can sometimes be considered lying. It's lying because you're giving a false outlook of your feelings and emotions.==

==Many book characters have built walls, especially Ponyboy from "The Outsiders" He's built walls blocking his emotions from all of his fellow greasers. He hides his emotions from the greasers because they are his family, and when family sences something wrong, they want to know what's up. These walls form when he doesn't want his family to be nervous. And yes, Ponyboy is succesful in breaking down the walls to Cherry Valance, a Soc whom Ponyboy feels comfortable talking to.==

==My opinion on walls is that they are both good and dangerous. They are good because they hide a side of you that you don't want people to see, but dangerous because the content of the walls, if not released in time, will explode. There are times when we need to build up walls, like when you just need to hide things because they can change you once exposed, but let's hope that's not to often.==