A Bird In The House

All players sit in a round table gleaming at one another. Each player studies the others motion, from the scratches they make to their body to the tempo of their breaths. But players in the game of poker realize any revealed feelings could cost them the game. Players try to obtain the perfect face trying to reveal nothing but conceal everything. They realize by expressing the slightest feelings the value of their cards could be …

…The characters in A Bird In The House use masks to conceal there feelings towards things they may feel uncomfortable with. These masks take form of denial, confinement and avoidance. Margaret Atwood uses these masks to provide extra depth to characters. It allows the readers to look deeper into the characters exposing their true personality. It also allows readers to interpret each mask differently adding to the enjoyment of reading A Bird In The House.