... our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias." Similarly, an American writer Sandra Cisneros in her story "Eleven" shows the enigmatic journey of growing up through the eyes of an eleven year old child. This story first appeared ... of a young girl named Rachel in school on her eleventh birthday. The story opens with Rachel's reflection on the nature of time as she thinks about her own birthday. She says that people contain all of the ages they have ever been, and that sometimes younger age of oneself appear. For exam...

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