In the short story, “Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros, the narrator, Rachel, is confronted with the conflict of dealing with an unjust teacher, Mrs. Price. Mrs. Price asks for someone from the class to claim the raggedy, smelly sweater and immediately accuses Rachel based on the other students’ claims. Rachel tries to enjoy the fact that it is her 11th birthday but no one even acknowledges it besides her family. Consequently, this causes a whirl wind of emotions for Rachel because she is upset about this ugly sweater she is being accused of owning and that no one is treating her how she deserves to be treated. Although the sweater was not hers, Mrs. Price uses her power to force Rachel to put it on. In doing so, Rachel provides the reader with insight into her shame, undeserved treatment, and unequal relations of power. The author could have easily just said it was an old beat up sweater, but then the reader would not sympathize with Rachel. To Rachel, the sweater represents something she is not. She sees it as being gross and hideous and only an underprivileged person would actually wear it. The owner of the sweater would have to have a sense pride in order to step out in public representing themselves wearing the repulsive sweater. However, it shows true character and resistance to overcome shame and to either embrace it or simply not allow it to get to her. Even addressing the fact that Rachel is ashamed but not letting it bother her is a form of resistance. Rachel overcomes resistance in the following quote; “Except when math period ends Mrs. Price says loud and in front of everybody, “Now Rachel that’s enough,” because she sees I’ve shoved the red sweater to the tippy-tip corner of my desk and it’s hanging all over the edge like a waterfall, but I don’t care” (Cisneros 8). Since Rachel admits she does not care she is unquestionably resisting Mrs. Price’s orders in which case overcoming shame as a form of resistance. Rachel could have easily put the sweater on and sat in her seat and went on with the class to obey Mrs. Price’s demands. However, the fact that she is so disgusted by the sweater that she cannot even stand to be near it is a true testament to her character and strength. It shows that she values her morals and she is not willing to stand for something she does not believe or represent something she is not in order to humor someone else. It is interesting to note that when Sandra Cisneros was eleven years old her family somehow borrowed enough money for a down payment on their first home in which she describes as “an ugly little house, bright red as if holding its breath” (Ganz 22). Perhaps this is significant because it reveals a connection between Sandra Cisneros’ life at the age of eleven and the fact that both were ugly red. Robin Ganz states, “For Cisneros the transition from the apartment on Roosevelt Road into the new house in a Puerto Rican neighborhoo