Do you ever Feel powerless? By Andwele Pizarro

       In the Black Dragon  Codex, A black hatch-ling  named Septimis found the object that would grow his horde to a size that would gain him the approval of his mother . As the prize was a bout to be his it was stolen by a real human. Enraged by the dishonor and the time it took to plan to this very moment he burst out of his human disguise and ruined the auction house. When he returned to his mother she was locked in intense battle and in the end she lost and was captured and to evade capture Septimis was turned into a human. Now motherless and no longer having the power to fight back.
         As a normal American child it is normal for me to feel powerless sometimes. Compared to how it was maybe, 40 or so years ago I might as well be the president. where children supposed to be seen and not heard. Talk only when spoken to by an  adult. Where  certain pieces of furniture were only for adults to sit on  and all of the kids visiting or who lived there had to cram onto a single uncomfortable chair, and where even you could not whistle inside the house and girls could not wear pants. And every adult was either a sir or ma'am regardless or relation to you.  Comparing my liberties and restrictions to those just a generation before me I feel ridiculous for whining about not getting this and  that when the previous generation could barely move!  When i start complaining about not getting something my way next time i will think about what people went through on a short time ago.

Happy Face, Do we all wear one?

In the book happy face  a happy face is a shield and a hiding place. The main character, Happy Face is using his smile as a shield before he became Happy face his life was very traumatic and he decided to shed his shell and grow a smile. When the pressure began to pile on , The iconic Happy face shield began to crack revealing  The characters old self.  When he began accepting it  and stopped trying to mend the mask then he truly healed.

At some point in everybody's life  they have experienced something they would rather not say and tried to turn their backs on that experience and deal with it in their own ways.; Many people try to ditch the self that had problems and  become a different person. I my case my views changed. In fourth grade my best friend began being teased for acting "different" and having abnormal mannerisms if you catch my drift. But i stayed a  friend  to him and throughout his gauntlet to only end up fighting one on one and never speaking again. From then on my shell was snapped open and my mask was born. The masks duty was to protect and repel people that back stab when the are within range.  Like all other things the mask has worn away leaving bits and shreds here and there having finished its task.

Then again what i am really asking is...

 Do you have a mask, A Happy Face?
If you do, what unleashed it?
Do you regret having it?
Does it help you cope?
Does it affect those close to you?
 When you feel ready to cloister up Think about these questions, and then decide if its a good decision.