y true how he states these boys problems, and their hidden secretes. Many boys this day do not understand how to express themselves and share their problems. In another word is that they are stressed and the pressures build up then it will eventually explode like a time bomb. Hiding behind the mask is basically like acting a scene. When Adam is with his mother he acts different than when hes with his friends or alone.Often when boys get hurt, or fail class they will not show them out, they try to hide the emotion inside them. Over the story, it seems like boys are fear of what other people think of them and scare of reject, they carry on their emotion inside, they afraid people around them see their weakness. These prove why most boys dont cry even though they are hurts. If the boy cry or act their emotional out then that boy is a sissy. Pollack states, " Men take a whole range of feelings and emotions and put those behind a mask.(P. 73) These show that boys have to stand on their own two feet try to be tough and they are a shame to show any emotion. According to Pollack boys are shame phobic and "some will even kill to avoid shame. It seems like the society only allows men to express their emotion only through anger. With many strict conflicting expectations, a male often doesn't know how to act. They scare or being reject, shame so they hide themselves behind the mask live their life as being a tough men. Boys seem like they have lower image than girl do, they have become stereotypes have been emphasized to them from an early age and teach them how to act like a men. Being boys is tough and confused, they usually have two faces, one is fake and the real one is hide behind the mask. Men have to being insensitive and being tough in their whole life, but in realistically, men are in a no win situation. If they don't show their emotions, they are berated for being separate from the essence of what really being a human, it seem like the...
