7811th+I+build+Walls+essay

== The poem "I Build Walls" is about a person getting bullied by someone. This person is just hiding there emotions by using imaginary walls. I feel the line "walls that protect" is saying the she is protecting herself from getting bullied. I also think the line "walls that shield" means that she has back up incase she is getting bullied and needs help from a friend. I believe that this poem means this person is trying to protect there self. ==

== I often build walls when I am sad or my parents are yelling at me for something I did wrong. I build walls when I'm sad, mad, and when people yell at me. The narrator thinks building walls is a good thing because the poems title starts with "I build walls" and then it gives a example of what the wall does or is. I think walls are a good thing to build. ==

== A character in __The Outsiders__ that builds walls is Dallas Winston(Dally). Dally hides his feeling from everyone he knows. An example is in the book on page 148-149, Johnny dies and Dally gets mad and screams a few times and dally didn't let his emotions out. When he went to jail he got hardened. Nobody can break his walls down. It would be almost inpossible to break his walls. ==