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I Build Walls

In the poem, "I Build Walls", the author is talking about how people hide their emotions. When they hide their emotions, they keep them inside and have their guard up. They are very careful about what they say and do. Two lines that are really important are "Walls meant to be fortresses, are prisons after all." This means keeping your emotions inside is supposed to be a good thing, really kills you. It kills you because you think that it is a good thing, but when you are having conversations with people, you can't say and do things you would be able to if you told people how you feel.

I know one person who builds walls. Everyone else I know is an open book with me, and I am with them. This person pretends everything is okay, but everyone knows its not. She builds the walls because she is an introvert. She doesn't want to call any attention to herself. When people ask her what's wrong, they get a quick answer of "Nothing". She avoids all attention. The narrator believes walls are not good to have. I know this because the narrator says, "Walls that needs to fall!" If the walls have to fall, it means the person has too many emotions and they can't keep them inside any longer.

In The Outsiders, a character that hides his emotions is Dally. When Johnny died, Dally could not portray sadness, so instead he showed anger. Dally hides is feelings from everything and everyone. Dally's reputation as a tough greaser made these walls form. If he cries after he has been to jail many times, people will think he is just bluffing if he threatens them. Dally was almost successful in breaking these walls. When Johnny confessed that he wants to turn himself in, Dally says he cares too much about him to let him harden in jail. On the other hand, Johnny was very successful in breaking these walls down. After he murdered someone, he was an open book with Ponyboy and told him everything. He even let it slip that he wishes his parents cared about him.

In my opinion. walls are very good to have, but not all the time. If you don't confide in anyone ever, eventually you won't be able to hold in all you r emotions and you will have an emotional breakdown. Walls can be good sometimes, but not all the time. Yes, there are some times wall are necessary, like if you just did something horrible and don't want to talk about it, or if you are so sad that if you talk about something you will start bawling. Walls can help you keep secrets, but they can also cause you to tell someone absolutely everything you have ever wanted to keep secret, with a result of embarrassment, and shame.