Comparing Wear The Mask And Glass Revealing
In the two poems We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Glass Ceiling by T.R. Hummer they have a common theme about how people often shield themselves and others from reality for social reasons. People do this is many different ways. In our society we can't tell when people are shielding their true feelings because they are wearing a mask so to speak.
In the poem We Wear the Mask the author talks about how wearing a mask changes the way people see you and how it covers up your true emotions. Most of the people hide themselves because they don't want people to see what they are truly feeling. In the poem he says, "We wear a mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes" this quote shows how a mask can completely cover
your face which covers what you are hiding some people hide themselves because they are afraid of being told something they don't want to hear.
In the poem Glass Ceiling by T.R Hummer it talks about a relationship between a mother and daughter and how the daughter at the beginning of the poem hides her mothers true identity. In the poem he says "...True i said "my grandmother" Because if i would have said my mother you wouldn't believe a word of it, since a mother should be leading..." this shows he hid the mothers identity because if he was to say mother people wouldn't believe this shows how people hide others identities as well due to the fact one face could be more credible than another.
In the poems We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Glass Ceiling by T.R Hummer both poems have similarities and differences.The common theme between both poems is that they both mask their feelings.They do this so people won't know what they are hiding behind the mask. The difference between the two poems is that one right away shows what they want to say and they hide their own identity but the other poem hides the mothers identity and finally reveals it at the end of the poem.
In the two poems We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Glass Ceiling by T.R. Hummer they have a common theme which is that people often shield themselves and others for various reasons. They convey this idea by giving examples throughout their poems. They both have the idea people hide themselves for many different reasons.
In the poem We Wear the Mask the author talks about how wearing a mask changes the way people see you and how it covers up your true emotions. Most of the people hide themselves because they don't want people to see what they are truly feeling. In the poem he says, "We wear a mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes" this quote shows how a mask can completely cover
your face which covers what you are hiding some people hide themselves because they are afraid of being told something they don't want to hear.
In the poem Glass Ceiling by T.R Hummer it talks about a relationship between a mother and daughter and how the daughter at the beginning of the poem hides her mothers true identity. In the poem he says "...True i said "my grandmother" Because if i would have said my mother you wouldn't believe a word of it, since a mother should be leading..." this shows he hid the mothers identity because if he was to say mother people wouldn't believe this shows how people hide others identities as well due to the fact one face could be more credible than another.
In the poems We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Glass Ceiling by T.R Hummer both poems have similarities and differences.The common theme between both poems is that they both mask their feelings.They do this so people won't know what they are hiding behind the mask. The difference between the two poems is that one right away shows what they want to say and they hide their own identity but the other poem hides the mothers identity and finally reveals it at the end of the poem.
In the two poems We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Glass Ceiling by T.R. Hummer they have a common theme which is that people often shield themselves and others for various reasons. They convey this idea by giving examples throughout their poems. They both have the idea people hide themselves for many different reasons.