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 * __ I Build Walls __**

The poem "I Build Walls" is about hiding your innermost feelings from the world. People will sometimes do this when they are really sad or angry about something, but pretend that there is nothing wrong and put on a smile in front of people. In my opinion, the three last lines of the poem are the most important lines in the entire poem. "Walls that need to fall!" means that you can't hold your emotions anymore. "Walls meant to be fortresses," will hide and protect your feelings, but "Are prisons after all." means that walls will separate you from the world.

I sometimes build walls when I'm feeling down, but only because I don't want people to know something's wrong. It doesn't go to a level where I'm excluded from the world though. Judging from the last two lines of the poem, though, I can tell that the narrator does not believe it's a good idea to have these walls. When it says "Walls meant to be fortresses are prisons after all," means that the narrator believe walls will separate you from the world.

In //The Outsiders//, Dally has built walls to hide whatever deep down feelings he had. Dally hid his feelings from the entire world because he wanted to be feared by people and he didn't want people to think he had gone soft. When Johnny died, Dally tried to hide his emotions, but failed and went to rob a grocery store. When the police were after him, Dally was so emotional he wanted to die. He was successful in breaking down his walls when he pointed an unloaded unloaded heater at the policemen which resulted in them shooting him to death. Before he died, he crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face because he had gotten what he wanted: death.

In my opinion, it is sometimes good to let your emotions out because soon enough, you will calm down. Suicide sometimes occurs when people down break down their walls and talk to someone about what they're feeling, though. Walls can make you shut down from the world which is not a good thing. Only when you don't want people to know what you're feeling should you build walls. Instead of building walls, you could also be strong for yourself during an emotional time period. Try and be strong.