Everyday Masquerade Reflection

How to put into words what I learned not only while writing this paper, but also from this poem itself, would be an almost impossible task. The actual writing process taught me a lot about perseverance and self discipline. But the poem was where the rubber met the road for me. I think about that poem all the time. I can be doing something really random and think of a line from that poem that relates to what I’m doing at that moment. Nearly every day, especially when I’m not in a good mood, I think about “putting on a mask that grins and lies” and I think of how superficially so many people are everyday. I was never really that aware of the whole façade thing, but now, after I analyzed “We Wear the Mask” my eyes have really been open to how casual and nonchalant the world (myself included) has become towards covering up their feelings. It drives me crazy, and makes me want to totally revolutionize the way the world revolves.