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Johnny's Walls The poem "I Build Walls", is about a pretend wall that separates the real you and your true emotions from the outside world. The lines "Walls that never let me" and "Truly touch" are important because it is saying how the walls are restricting someone from being who they really should be and who they want to be. The walls that a person has keep them from coming in contact with the outside world. I do build walls when I'm feeling sad or angry with someone. I do this because I don't want to take out all my anger or sadness on someone I'm not even feeling that way towards. I'd tell my closest friends, but it may be something personal that no one actually needs to know. The narrator of I Build Walls believes it isn't always good to have these walls. I know this because the poem says "Walls that need to fall! Walls meant to be fortresses are prisons after all." This shows that the narrator believes the walls should be knocked down because because they keep you away from the outside world. In //The Outsiders//, Johnny is constantly building walls. He hides that he's being abused by his parents from the outside world. Only to his gang members will Johnny reveal his true self. Johnny hides his emotions because probably doesn't want to be pitied by people in the outside world. Johnny's parents beating and abusing him caused walls to form. Ponyboy is successful in breaking down Johnny's walls and revealing the true Johnny. Pony does this by being his close friend. In my opinion, walls are sometimes good and other times bad. If someone's angry, they should build a wall and pretend to be okay so they don't take out their anger on anyone else. Or if someone's happy, we shouldn't build a wall, we should just be happy.