“On Growing Up White Trash” by Heather O’Neill uses imagery and comparison to demonstrate the beauty and importance of embracing one’s culture. This is a story all about acceptance and recognizing one’s self-worth. While growing up, the author is so embarrassed and ashamed of her heritage that she resorts to lying and creating herself a whole new life. “The Ferris wheel would turn around and around, filled with scared white trash children with their eyes closed—a little white trash solar system.” (O’Neill, 20). Here, the author uses imagery and inadvertently describes the unconventional…