Dunbar

in dunbar’s poem we wear the mask it was for everyone in my opinion but in his day it was probably talking about the african american community. but it affects everyone because no one truly shows exactly who they are to anyone everyone has secrets or a dark side that people don’t know about that is where the mask comes in. Dunbar uses the mask to show everyone hiding their true self and if people today would read this poem and know to take off their mask to be ready dos how the world who they really are it would help everyone in society because everyone thinks that everyone is better than them. If we just took off the mask we would all see we are all crazy and evil deep down. the people with the biggest smiles are always the one who hurt the most on the inside because they wear a mask.