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Walls All Around
In "I Build Walls," someone is trying to hide what they feel inside. They put up "walls" around them so no one can get in and hurt them. When the author says, "Walls that protect. Walls that shield." it feels like someone is trying to prevent another person from attacking them. This is important because if you protect yourself, you can't get hurt. "I Build Walls" can realte to everyone because at least once everyone has put up a wall.

When a stranger is knocking on the door, do you let him/her in? That is the way I feel with my walls. No one gets in, and nothing gets out. I used to have a best friend and we told each other everything. I let my wall down, and she did too. Then we got in a huge fight and split up. That next day, everyone knew all of my secrets! The purpose of a wall is to hide things. The author, from the lines of the poem, doesn't think wall are a good thing. The lines, "Walls are meant to be fortresses, are prisons after all." show me that the author doesn't like walls because you wouldn't want to be trapped inside a prison. Walls can be a good thing and a bad thing.

In //The Outsiders//, Cherry Valance like to keep herself hidden amongst her walls. For example, when she is at the Drive-in Dally starts hitting on her and making her feel uncomfortable. She wouldn't let down her wall no matter what, so she kept rejecting him. Cherry is a Soc and has to make walls for lot's of people so they don't know the real her. Ponyboy is successful in breaking down these walls because Cherry told him things she wouldn't normally tell people. She let her wall down because she could trust Ponyboy. It is good to have these people that you can be yourself around. Cherry Valance has her guard and walls up to some people.

In my opinion, walls are a good thing. They are not prisons. In my eyes they are more like glass and if someone tries to get in, it shatters. Walls help you keep everything together and all in one piece. I definitely believe there are times when we need to build walls because if you are just meeting someone, they don't want to know everything about you. You have to let your wall down slowly because if you let it down too fast, someone can hurt you. "I Build Walls" is a poem I can relate to because I have walls, and they are not coming down easily!