We wear the mask by paul dunbar In this paper we will examine how human faces are equated with wearing a mask and lies are a necessary part of everyday life. Throughout the poem Dunbar defends why he feels there is a need to hide the true self. This can be a coping mechanism because historically slaves had to hide their true feelings from their white masters. The masks Dunbar writes about hides and separates …showed first 75 words of 1264 total…

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