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I Build Walls Essay This poem is about an introvert who is tired of never showing his emotions. I think the sentence that says "Walls that say I shall not yield" is important because it shows that the boy is determined, but he can't quite escape his emotional shield. Another important sentence is "walls meant to be fortresses are prisons after all" is important because it shows that the boy is trapped within his own barrier, but he's trying to escape. I have these walls, not because I'm scared to show emotions, but because I don't know how to release these emotions. Obviously, the narrator doesn't like walls. I know this because it stated multiple times that this person is desperate to destroy these walls. Like when he said "Walls that need to fall!" I built walls when I decided that when I spoke about serious things, only a select few people would listen or even understand what i'm saying. I build walls by holding serious things inside, but telling jokes and starting meaningless conversations outside. I've tried many times, but have never actually demolished my walls. It seems my walls are here to stay.

In the //Outsiders,// Dally built walls. He built walls because his parents never cared for him, so naturally his instincts were to never care for anyone else. Dally hides his feelings from everyone because he wants to look tough. At the end of the book Dallas breaks his walls when he explains how he became tough.

I think walls are just people's greatest impediments. If nobody were to have walls, life would be too easy. Honestly, I think that people need walls. They are necessary to a truly lived life. Without walls people would not think as hard because there would be nothing deep to think about.