My mask essay
I, a fourteen year old man, was always the weird one of my friends.I always did the stupid things or was the crazy one. But the way I act around people I know is completely different than the way I act around people I don't know. When I am around people I don't know I try to act normal.Which to me is not normal at all.
The Definition of normal to me Is completely different than to other people. I think that all people have their own definitions of normal. To me normal is people who do day by day stuff to survive and who hang out with their friends when they can. Normal is what many people want to be because they feel that if they act weird they wont be accepted. For example, if I go to a restaurant in a dress, people wouldn’t accept me because I am a guy, unless it is halloween. But if I go in my normal clothes that are nice and clean people wont try to avoid me and will not think I am mentally wrong.
I try not to be the normal person. I try to stick out and be weird. Ask all of my friends and they will say it is the most fun to be weird. When you are weird you can let out. You don't care what people think and you will have the most fun. I once was driving a polaris ranger and I decided to drive it through a pond. It of course had to stall half way through. My friend just looked at me and asked why I did that. I told them “ because it looked fun.” Personally I don think an average person would think that was a good idea.
The only problem with being weird is some times that is not a good thing. Because when you are weird some people wont accept you because you are different. When you are being weird you are going to make some enemies or some friends so in my opinion it is not worth the risk. I have always tried to be friends with every body. If there was a new kid that wasn't a idiot, I would try to be friends with him. I hate it when people just do not like you because of how you look. In 8th grade there was this kid who just did not like me. I don't know why. I have had that feeling before. In 8th grade there was just this kid in my school that I couldn't stand even though I never talked to him. So I can understand the feeling but near the end of the school year I warmed up to him and just ignored him and tried to be nice to him.
On my mask I have two sides. On the front it shows how I act when I am around other people and how I am supposed to be in societies' eyes. Like how to dress, act and talk. Then on the back there is how I act around people I know, but you only see it when some one tries on the mask. I put how I act and how I see my self on the back because you only see it if you try it or actually take the time to look. Which means that if you try to know me you will actually know the true side of me, a fun, funny, and crazy guy.
On the front of my mask there is the way society wants me. The muscle shows how society Is obsessed about fitness. If you ask a girl if they want to marry a fit man or a obese man they will say fit.Then there is the bullet casings on the mask. I put the cases on there because men are suppose to be violent or at least to like guns. There is also the dollar bill. This is on my mask because men are to make and have money. We have learned this from the beginning of man. Years and years ago it was where the wives had to obey their husbands and could not get jobs so the men had to supply. Then unless you were rich you would have to hunt or be in good shape for a job and to eat.
In my opinion those are both bad and good things on how a man should act and socialize. The fitness is good so you stay active and eat healthy. But it can be bad for people who were born that way or for people that have a disease were they have to eat a lot to keep moving. Then there are the bullets. This is good in a way because it lets you be a little violent and be able to stand up for your self. But it can be bad because it can make people want to become murderers or to rob a store. There is also the cash. This makes you want to have money which is a good thing. The only bad thing is that people can be born into a richer family or into a poor family so some people cant save or make as much money as others.
On the back side of my mask is how I see my self and how I act in front of my friends. There is the laughing clown. I love to laugh with my friends around and I also like to act silly around them. There is also the man jumping of the cliff. This is me because in my view if you don't live life to the fullest then are you really living. Like the time hit a dirt bike jump as fast as I could and got 25 feet long air on a 2 foot high jump.
There is also the the fence behind the pictures. The fence is there because even though
I am more free around my friends I still don't trust them completely and still don't act 100% like my self. The motto on the top of the mask is the same as I just said. If you don't live your life to the fullest you aren't really living.So I hope to break the wheel of socialization. I am sick of not being my self. So from now on I will be my self.
The Definition of normal to me Is completely different than to other people. I think that all people have their own definitions of normal. To me normal is people who do day by day stuff to survive and who hang out with their friends when they can. Normal is what many people want to be because they feel that if they act weird they wont be accepted. For example, if I go to a restaurant in a dress, people wouldn’t accept me because I am a guy, unless it is halloween. But if I go in my normal clothes that are nice and clean people wont try to avoid me and will not think I am mentally wrong.
I try not to be the normal person. I try to stick out and be weird. Ask all of my friends and they will say it is the most fun to be weird. When you are weird you can let out. You don't care what people think and you will have the most fun. I once was driving a polaris ranger and I decided to drive it through a pond. It of course had to stall half way through. My friend just looked at me and asked why I did that. I told them “ because it looked fun.” Personally I don think an average person would think that was a good idea.
The only problem with being weird is some times that is not a good thing. Because when you are weird some people wont accept you because you are different. When you are being weird you are going to make some enemies or some friends so in my opinion it is not worth the risk. I have always tried to be friends with every body. If there was a new kid that wasn't a idiot, I would try to be friends with him. I hate it when people just do not like you because of how you look. In 8th grade there was this kid who just did not like me. I don't know why. I have had that feeling before. In 8th grade there was just this kid in my school that I couldn't stand even though I never talked to him. So I can understand the feeling but near the end of the school year I warmed up to him and just ignored him and tried to be nice to him.
On my mask I have two sides. On the front it shows how I act when I am around other people and how I am supposed to be in societies' eyes. Like how to dress, act and talk. Then on the back there is how I act around people I know, but you only see it when some one tries on the mask. I put how I act and how I see my self on the back because you only see it if you try it or actually take the time to look. Which means that if you try to know me you will actually know the true side of me, a fun, funny, and crazy guy.
On the front of my mask there is the way society wants me. The muscle shows how society Is obsessed about fitness. If you ask a girl if they want to marry a fit man or a obese man they will say fit.Then there is the bullet casings on the mask. I put the cases on there because men are suppose to be violent or at least to like guns. There is also the dollar bill. This is on my mask because men are to make and have money. We have learned this from the beginning of man. Years and years ago it was where the wives had to obey their husbands and could not get jobs so the men had to supply. Then unless you were rich you would have to hunt or be in good shape for a job and to eat.
In my opinion those are both bad and good things on how a man should act and socialize. The fitness is good so you stay active and eat healthy. But it can be bad for people who were born that way or for people that have a disease were they have to eat a lot to keep moving. Then there are the bullets. This is good in a way because it lets you be a little violent and be able to stand up for your self. But it can be bad because it can make people want to become murderers or to rob a store. There is also the cash. This makes you want to have money which is a good thing. The only bad thing is that people can be born into a richer family or into a poor family so some people cant save or make as much money as others.
On the back side of my mask is how I see my self and how I act in front of my friends. There is the laughing clown. I love to laugh with my friends around and I also like to act silly around them. There is also the man jumping of the cliff. This is me because in my view if you don't live life to the fullest then are you really living. Like the time hit a dirt bike jump as fast as I could and got 25 feet long air on a 2 foot high jump.
There is also the the fence behind the pictures. The fence is there because even though
I am more free around my friends I still don't trust them completely and still don't act 100% like my self. The motto on the top of the mask is the same as I just said. If you don't live your life to the fullest you aren't really living.So I hope to break the wheel of socialization. I am sick of not being my self. So from now on I will be my self.