Friday, March 1, 2019

Mask Analysis

Lucy Grealys Masks Analysis In the story Masks Lucy Grealy is battling a lethal form of crab louse but her struggle by dint of the story is her self-confidence concerning her looks. As Lucy is maturation up, the teasing and her self-consciousness about her physiological appearance keep increasing. volumes physical beauty is somewhat essential to how they see themselves because it affects their confidence. sometimes when mountain are nicely dressed, do their hairs or makeup, they feel much confident about themselves than they do if they didnt.In our culture we almost see a lack of physical beauty or a physical defect as a disability that prevents you from being like other plurality. We free our confidence and self-esteem influence our abilities. The to a greater extent than confidence a mortal has the less(prenominal) limitation they put on themselves. A person with a physical disability or deformity might feel less free or confident about themselves because how society m ight dig them. For example, the commencement exercise time Lucy is wearing her mask when she is celebrating Halloween she says, I felt such(prenominal) freedom I waltzed up to people effortlessly and boldly. When she wore the mask for the first time she realized how self-conscious she was about her appearance and how that bear upon her confidence. more or less people would probably feel the same way Lucy did if they had faced what Lucy had through her life. Although she was a brave and strong person for fighting her disease, the thing that affected her confidence the most was her looks. Our culture judges a book by its cover. People usually will judge other people by their physical appearance when they first meet person.That first impression is how we rally a person is whether it been smart, successful, confident, or the opposite. People make it so important to be looked as standard that they will behave and look a certain way just to be perceived as normal by the people arou nd them. A persons physical appearance will also influence the way people interact with each other. We see with Lucy the way her harassment about her looks influences her. When the teasing comes from a smaller group when Lucy was younger she would retaliate by retorting things back at the boys bothering her.As Lucy got to junior high and the group was larger and she knew less people, she became more isolated. Lucy give tongue to that when she was teased in the hallways of the schools she would simply looked down at the floor and walked more quickly. The teasing got to such a point that she would completely isolate herself during luncheon by eating with her guidance counselor. As she got older she, viewed other people both critically and sympathetically. She tried to figure out why people would act the way they did with her and in general, as a way to cover with her situation. Some people have the attitude that they are better than someone with a physical deformity or physical dis ability because they slangt look normal, which they almost see as a handicap. It would encourage in our culture to break that perception by knowing more stories like Lucys in which you can see how strong a person you have to be to have gone through the struggles she had.

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