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I Build Walls "I build Walls" is supposed to mean that people hide their emotions through invisible walls. "Walls that hide," is important to this poem because it starts talking about walls hiding emotions and feelings. "Walls that need to fall!" also holds importance to the poem because it states that holding in all of those feelings isn't a good thing. I can think of a million times that I built walls like these. My friends, as well as I, make these walls to protect feelings from a bad day or a certain person that deprives you of your dignity. The narrator believes that sometimes, these walls are meant to be built, but sometimes they will just crumble to the ground. I know this because at the beginning of the poem, the author says, "Walls that protect." Later on, the authors feelings change and he says, " walls that need to fall!" Dally, from //The Outsiders//, builds walls by acting tough and hard on the outside, but having a soft spot on the inside. Being such a troublemaker and hoodlum caused him to form these walls. Dally's wall tumbled to the ground when Johnny died. He just couldn't hold those emotions in anymore causing him to get killed also. At first, the author likes the walls' protection, but later finds himself trapped. I feel the same way. First the walls help me, but later on they trap me from being so overwhelming. I believe that building walls is only necessary when a loved one becomes deceased. Only at this time, because the pain can become so inundating.