ANNIE: Oh, in grownups you have to, Mr. Anagnos. I mean in children it just seems a little – precocious, can I use that word? ANAGNOS: Only if you can spell it. ANNIE: Premature. So I hope at least she's a bright one. ANAGNOS: Deaf, blind, mute – who knows? She is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open. Perhaps there is a treasure inside. ANNIE: Maybe it's empty, too? Which is the best description of Annie based on this excerpt?

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that