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Removal of mask: "I can't hang any longer. I cry then...and Dr.Ghosh gets right on the bed and holds me" (130)

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Removal of emotional mask.
"She says may name over and over like it is a prayer, almost sung. This makes the tears come faster"(123).

Luis has been hiding his emotions until his grandma comes, when she does he is unable to stop crying.

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Takes off his strength mask
"I can't hang on any longer. I cry then. I cry and cry, and I don't think I will ever stop, and Dr. Ghosh gets right on the bed and holds me"(130)
This shows Luis taking off his strength mask because he allows Dr. Ghosh to care and comfort him. Luis may think this is a sign of weakness but it shows progression.

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"i cant hang on any longer. I cry then. i cry and cry, and i don't think i will ever stop" (130)
removal of strength mask
instead of Luis keeping everything to himself, he starts crying. showing how he really feels.

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Perfection mask: "Dad, Lauren and I have worked this out... Lauren and I are fine. I love Lauren. I would never hurt her. We look to Lauren and she smiles" (115)

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Emotional Avoidance:
"I feel rested, and I feel like she’s not going to make me tell her anything... If i don’t have to tell her anythibf, then having her makes everything better” (McBride 124)
In this he directly states that he just doesn’t want to talk about everything that has happened to him, he is avoiding the topic of all that has gone wrong and is just enjoying his Abuela’s presence instead, more for his sake than hers.

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Perfection Mask:
"Jim and I were doing well. Nate was doing well, everything seemed right. I thought it meant that we had done it right after all" (McBride 113).

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Perfection Mask
¨I don´t catch Jim´s eye tonight. We are only pretending to be here together" (McBride 28).
Avis doesn't want anyone especially Nate to know what has happened between them. So she pretends everything is ok, similar to Lauren.

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“Tears start to leak out of the sides of my closed eyes, which is exactly what I don’t want, and I keep lying there, perfectly still, concentrating on thinking about nothing”(123)

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Assimilation Mask
“That’s the day when my old life seemed to slip completely off me, when a group of women assumed I was one of them, a suburban mom with a sweet-faced child headed off to school."(32)

Tells how Avis uses her mask to hide her past and live in the moment. To disregard her flashbacks and to just be this suburban mom that she says she lives for.

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Emotional avoidance
He's taking off this mask on page 130 by confronting his own feelings by crying in front of Ghosh and genuinely wants to feel better

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Emotional Avoidance
I take a sort of ragged breath in, and then I stiffen, because it was hard enough to face Dr. Ghosh with everything I feel, and to face my abuela is impossible.

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Strength
(Avis Narrating) "It never occurred to me that Nate needed those shin guards. Nate never did tell us when he was hurt. Where did he get that idea?" (Mcbride 85). Shows that even though nate was hurting because he was being kicked in the shins from other soccer players that he didnt tell his parents because he felt he shouldnt be showing that he is in pain.

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Perfection
"...In the time it takes before she answers Jim's question. 'Lauren, has anything else happened? Are you feeling okay?' She pauses. A long, quiet pause. 'Nate and I have talked a lot. I know Nate loves me.' If you think about it, this doesn't answer Jim's question" (McBride 115)
This would be perfection, because Lauren tries to play off what is happening between herself and Nate as if nothing is happening and that everything is fine.

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Perfection  mask
"I am a striker, and I scored two goals in the championship game. My baba was so happy and my nene too."
When Luis asked Bashkim questions about his childhood he lied. He wanted to portray his life as ideal to Luis.

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Removal of emotional avoidance
¨But on Thursday night, I try it. I just try feeling some of it... I think all these things, and the tears start rolling. I mean, I really start crying¨(Mcbride 151).
All this time Luis has been trying to not think about Sam, but in chapter 18, he decides to take this mask off and thinks about how much Sam wanted to live and Luis starts crying.

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Perfection Mask
"Lauren and I are fine. I would never hurt her. You'll have to trust me"(Mcbride 115).
Nate is acting as though that everything is fine between him and Lauren and that there is nothing to worry about between them. When obviously everything is not all right with them. Due to the abuse that Lauren suffers, and the mental state of Nate.

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