Just Mask It
Do you wear a mask? Do your friends wear a mask? Do you know the real meaning of a mask? Keep reading and you’ll find the truth about masking. In this paper, you will see how masking can change, enrich, and fulfill people's lives and result in acceptance. The cases I describe below show what people go through and the reasons they choose to mask themselves. These cases further prove masking is more beneficial than harmful.
Masking is more beneficial because it can give people the confidence they need. As an example, in my personal reading of the book “Powerless”, there were kids with superpowers going around the town helping citizens secretly. Things changed when the new kid (Matthew) moved in town and he found out that these kids …show more content…
In the book “Ghost” a kid named Kastle was not good at school, considered poor and had low motivation. It all changed when he joined the local track team and obtained special silver shoes. This gave him the motivation to do well on the track team and do well in school by keeping himself out of trouble. In another case involving the video “ My dad’s a liar”, the dad lied to his daughter in order for her to become successful in life even though he had to be obscure in his approach. The dad settled on unpopular jobs to earn money to support his daughter and became popular in the family. His daughter was his motivation and ultimately helped increase his self esteem. As outlined in these stories self esteem had driven the main characters to do amazing things for a family or for something very important even though it wasn’t in the best interest of their normal lifestyle. Similar results could have been accomplished by relying on others to change their attitudes. Even though the options to be liked were not great, it was easier to adjust to the needs of others versus having bigger changes for the family or friends they were attempting to
Do you wear a mask? Do your friends wear a mask? Do you know the real meaning of a mask? Keep reading and you’ll find the truth about masking. In this paper, you will see how masking can change, enrich, and fulfill people's lives and result in acceptance. The cases I describe below show what people go through and the reasons they choose to mask themselves. These cases further prove masking is more beneficial than harmful.
Masking is more beneficial because it can give people the confidence they need. As an example, in my personal reading of the book “Powerless”, there were kids with superpowers going around the town helping citizens secretly. Things changed when the new kid (Matthew) moved in town and he found out that these kids …show more content…
In the book “Ghost” a kid named Kastle was not good at school, considered poor and had low motivation. It all changed when he joined the local track team and obtained special silver shoes. This gave him the motivation to do well on the track team and do well in school by keeping himself out of trouble. In another case involving the video “ My dad’s a liar”, the dad lied to his daughter in order for her to become successful in life even though he had to be obscure in his approach. The dad settled on unpopular jobs to earn money to support his daughter and became popular in the family. His daughter was his motivation and ultimately helped increase his self esteem. As outlined in these stories self esteem had driven the main characters to do amazing things for a family or for something very important even though it wasn’t in the best interest of their normal lifestyle. Similar results could have been accomplished by relying on others to change their attitudes. Even though the options to be liked were not great, it was easier to adjust to the needs of others versus having bigger changes for the family or friends they were attempting to