My Father's Mask Character Analysis

In the multilayered mystery “My Father’s Mask, Joe Hill presents a young boy and his family travel to a remote cabin the family inherited from the boy’s grandfather. On the way, his mom tells him a story about “playing card people” who are ruining their lives. They are going to sell many of the possessions in the cabin because they need the money. When they arrive, both of his parents dawn masks, telling him it’s an old tradition. The next day, he is dispatched to the woods to gather firewood. He encounters a boy, riding an old fashioned bike, and wearing a nightgown. He’s frightened of the boy for reasons he cannot explain. He detours around him and encounters two more kids. These kids play a strange card game with him. If he wins, he gets