Seventh Grade By Gary Soto

Ever hid something from people to help yourself with something? If so, read this article on masking a person’s self and find out if doing this, is a good thing or a bad thing. People wear masks for many different reasons. All around the world people hide things. Wearing these masks can be a good thing or a bad thing. If someone wears a mask, it can be good for them. It can help them mask what they don’t want people to know about. It can also be a bad thing though because it can get you in trouble or make people look at you differently. But overall, one side of the argument is true. It is more beneficial for someone to mask something from others.
One reason of why is because it helps one get something that they want in almost all the cases. In the Short Story, “Funny Boy” by Allan Burns, it states, “It sure was quiet. We missed you.” This was said by one of the girls that was friends with Harvey. He wanted to get closer to people but no one took him seriously because he was so funny all the time. This shows that Harvey got what he wanted because he hid that he had feelings about wanting to get closer to some people. In the end, he got to get closer with a
It says, “They left class together. Teresa asked him if he would help her with French.” This shows that Victor got what he wanted. He wanted to talk and hang out with Teresa more. He tried to show off his “French skills” in class even though he barely knew anything about French. In the end, he got to hang out with Teresa and she asked him if he could help her with her French homework. This was beneficial for him because he ended up getting what he wanted. His goal the whole time was to get to hang out with her and by masking that he was truly bad at French, he got what he wanted. These two quotes show that if you mask something of yours, you will end up getting what you want in the end at some