Rhetorical Analysis Of We Wear The Mask

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In “We Wear the Mask” the author's purpose is to encourage readers to show their true selves and a call to action to take off the mask we all wear. We see how the author encourages us through multiple pieces of rhetoric. He repeats powerful phrases, evokes emotion through words, brings us together as one whole people, creates a flow which continues the piece and shows us life without the mask. Dunbar inspires others, calls for action, teaches a lesson and more through powerful use of words and mood.
Dunbar teaches a lesson by repeating the phrase, “We wear the mask”. Continually throughout the piece he reminds us we all wear a mask to cover our true selves. He later goes on to explain the problems we all face but at the end of every stanza