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Walls Are What I Build

The Poem "I Build Walls" is about someone who, metaphorically, builds walls around them. They do this to hide their emotions from the outside world but, towards the end that someone learns it might not be such a good idea to build walls. "Walls that stare or smile or look away, silent lies." A quote from the poem that tells what someone might do to hide their emotions. "Walls meant to be fortresses are prisons after all." Another quote from the poem that tells that hiding your emotions might not be the best thing.

Do you build walls of your own? I do. I build walls to hide emotions from my mom when she is upset so I don't make her feel bad. She doesn't know that I build walls. The walls help a little bit but not always; sometimes I just want to burst. I also do it sometimes at school because I don't want to make a big scene in front of everyone. I just hold it inside. At school it can be easier to build walls. The author's opinion on building walls is that it is not always a good thing and isn't always easy.

In the book //The Outsiders//, Dally builds big walls around his emotions. Dally hides his feelings from everyone: strangers, family, even his gang. Dally is hiding his feelings behind walls because he grew up alone, went to jail a lot, and is just tough. Dally's walls come down a little when he's in the car talking to Johnny and feeling really bad for him but his walls really come down when Johnny dies.

I think walls shouldn't be used all the time. If someone has their walls up for too long it gets harder and harder to break them down. There can be times when you need walls; there's a time and place for everything. But you can't keep your walls forever.