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How Masks Are Beneficial
Are Masks More Beneficial or Harmful?
The correct definition of a mask is something that partially conceals your whole face. But there is another way you can interpret mask. The type of mask that conceals your whole persona. This type of masks can change your life, the choices you make depend on what type of mask you wear. Masks have been used for thousands of years in bad ways and beneficial ways. When we think about Masks one of the first things we think of is Halloween. There are many ways masks can be used, and some ways are very peculiar. One way masks can be used is in religious ways, for example, the Iroquois use masks to heal themselves and other people and things around them. But sometimes masks can be used in a harmful way. Some
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All of them were harmed by masks, and therefore, masks are harmful to people.

Masks are always harmful to the wearer. There are many examples to point out from the books we have read this unit. One of the many pieces of evidence to prove this is in the stories we have read. One piece of evidence to prove this is in the story “7th Grade” by Gary Soto. In the story, it says “Mr.Bueller asked if anyone knew French. Victor raised his hand, wanting to impress Teresa...The teacher beamed and said, Tres Bien. Parlez Vous francais. Victor didn’t know what to say.” This is a great piece of evidence. I say this because when Victor wore a mask it backfired on him, he got embarrassed and he felt stupid for doing that. This is a form of masking because Victor raised his hand even though he did not know what the answer was. Therefore, he was not being himself, and when he was not himself it hurt him, and it revealed his true identity. Another piece of evidence to prove that masks are harmful to the wearer is in the book “Fatal Flower” by Laurence Yep. In this book “Fatal Flower” there was a girl named Gem. Gem wanted to become beautiful because she thought she was ugly, and went to a wise lady, the wise lady made her
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One person who is in this category is Victor Lustig, I say this because he sold the Eiffel tower. And when he got caught for selling the Eiffel Tower it was obviously beneficial to all of the French people because they got a big tourist attraction back, and they generated more money. And this was not beneficial to Victor Lustig he got caught again, and he got put in jail. Another way it was beneficial to people when Victor Lustig got his mask revealed is when he made his biggest scandal of all. He claimed that he had a box and it could make copies of banknotes. And because of this, he made a lot of money. But when he got his masked revealed many people got their money back, and it was not beneficial to Victor Lustig because he got busted. So this was not beneficial to him because he got caught, and it was beneficial to the people because they got all of their money back. Another piece of evidence is the story the red headed league. In the PBS video of the Red-Headed League when Sherlock Holmes finds out John Ross is behind the thin air disappearance of Jabez Wilson’s job,it was harmful to John Ross because he almost got fired for letting Sherlock Holmes spoil the grand plan made by James Moriarty. This was helpful to Jabez Wilson because he understood why the job suddenly disappeared into thin air, any why his employee Victor Spaulding was working at such low wages and why he

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