Mask

Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s documentary, The Mask You Live In (2015), is a demonstrative rhetor that makes boys and young men confront to stay true to themselves while consulting world’s definition of masculinity. The issue of masculinity creates an argument on the functionality of Kairos and the rhetorical situation in this documentary. In other words, where does this issue of masculinity applies, and who discusses this issue and who is the victim to see this issue. Accordingly, documentaries are…

Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation. Indeed, "We Wear the Mask" is a lyric poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar that explores how in the late nineteenth century, African Americans could not publicly reveal their true feelings about whites' maltreatment without the risk of dangerous retaliation. Through paradox, metaphor, and apostrophe, the speaker ponders how oppressed black Americans are forced to hide…

your best or worst. In the book Lord of the Flies, the island turns Jack into a savage. He no longer has control of who he used to be. As it is clearly shown in the book, Jack went down a dangerous road that led him to become a beast. Furthermore, the mask turned Jack into a new person. The rules and hunting are other main things who take him into the wicked direction of life to show the creation of a barbarian. Initially, we see Jack, a young boy who likes controlling the world around him. He…

The short story “My Father’s Mask by Joe Hill will leave your brain clueless, muddled and disturbed. The events that occur with the chubby boy in night-gown, the playing card people and the two kids in the forest will have you wondering where they fit in place of the narrative. It also raises an eyebrow to question the fixation the parents have with masks and the significance of it. However with such perplexity while reading and analyzing the story as a few question has arisen for me to ask; the…

the way I perceived myself. Personality Masks Every living being on this Earth has personality masks and they each have tried on at least one different mask during their lifetime even if they don't know it. There are many reasons why people put on personality masks but the main reasons they put on the masks because they want to fit in with others around them they also want to feel tough as they feel insecure inside. Personality masks create a false representation that others will…

The thick husky accent came in the form of my grim and garbled Southern co-worker, Igor “Gumshoe” Karma, questioning the witness of the crime (the code eleven). Without delay, I concentrate my ability to perceive sound in just one ear, so I can pay attention to the fascinating conversation between the private detective and the peculiar witness. A wolf in sheep’s clothing is who Igor Karma is. Hence, hidden beneath the baggy khaki trench coat, is his slender figure. The tie hiding in the trench…

Reed, Ke’monta Professor Berlyn Ortega Cobián English 3 9/27/16 The Mask you live in “The mask You Live in” is a documentary written by, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Jessica Congdon, and it is about the way young men and boys in the society are pushed into wearing a mask that gives them a different personality from who they exactly are. According to Newsom boys and young men live in a completely different world from the actual world. The society never gives them a chance to be children,…

the melancholic relationship between a Christian and Jewish in Elizabethan era. In Merchant of Venice, Shylock represents a character who mask reality due to three critical reasons.…

The Metamorphosis Mask Interpretations Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a relatively short story that challenges readers to claw past its innocent surface and reveal a painstakingly tragic tale of loss and disownment. The characters and the interactions between them fabricate the root of analysis. Many readers may first assume that protagonist, Gregor Samsa, is the only one truly experiencing a metamorphosis, yet each character drastically changes in their own way. The three most prominently…

identities and to hide what they truly are. Some of these people include the immoral characters from The Great Gatsby. Although they do a better job than most people by pretending to be someone they are not, the audience can still see right through their masks. In deeper meaning, these characters present a disguise to others who are too blind to notice their flaws. Not only do they fool each other, but in the beginning of the novel, they mislead the reader. The ramifications these characters…