A Bird In The House
All players sit in a round table gleaming at one another. Each player studies the others motion, from the scratches they make to their body to the tempo of their breaths. But players in the game of poker realize any revealed feelings could cost them the game. Players try to obtain the perfect face trying to reveal nothing but conceal everything. They realize by expressing the slightest feelings the value of their cards could be revealed to the other players. Thus talented poker players create a mask known as a poker face. An ideal poker face expresses nothing but studies everything. But the world of masks are not just limited to the game of poker but is all around us in our everyday lives from a child telling a lie or when a mother tells her child he will not receive a birthday party when in fact a group of his closest friends wait for him in his room. In the novel A Bird In The House, characters are often not pleased with the path of their lifestyle and they use emotional masks to hide this. Characters masks take form of denial, confinement and avoidance. In the Chapter the Loons, Piquette a half Indian comfiness herself because she is not pleased with her life. Piquette creates a mask confining herself from t
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Approximate Word count = 1136
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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