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Trust, The Keyword To Everything The poem, "I Build Walls" is about how the narrator hides his emotions behind a "wall". This means that he puts on a fake face for whatever his emotion really is. "Walls that stare or smile or look away" is an important line stating how that person hides his feelings. I think that the line, "Walls that protect,..." is very important because it is saying that the author thinks that walls protect us from the outside world of cruel and horrible things.

Friends and I build walls around us all the time. The reason we did this is because we didn't want other people to cause a scene about what had happened. If we wanted them to know what made us sad or angry, we would tell them. The narrator does not believe that we should build walls. I know because of the line that said, "Walls meant to be fortresses are prisons after all.". It means that walls that are meant to protect us keep us trapped inside instead. We think that by faking a smile will make the problem go away, but it just hides us from the people trying to reach out and help us.

The character, Bob, from "The Outsiders", hides his emotions all the time. He comes off as a high class Soc, but Randy had informed us that Bob has been wanting people to say "no". His parents let him do anything! When he does something wrong, they think that they parent him wrong and it's their fault. These walls had formed because of his wealth and his parents. He's so used to getting everything that he wants that he's just sick and tired of it. Normally, people would kill to be living this life, but Bob is annoyed at hearing "yes". This character never brought his walls down because he died quickly.

My thoughts on building walls are that it can be a good thing to do at some point, but not all the time. If we hide our emotions forever, our life would be empty. Full of fake feelings towards other people and things. We should be able to trust people around us no matter how bad the situation, whether it's your parents or really close friends. There are certainly times where we need to build walls. There are the moments where if we don't hide our feelings, we would get in trouble. But what if you get trapped inside? You would need to learn how to open up to other people, and surely they will listen. Trust, this is the keyword to everything.