"Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the greatest of them all" As we grew up many of us have heard this saying in either a book or a movie. This saying puts the thoughts that if you were to look at the mirror your reflection will show you who you truly are. In the book Masks by Fumiko Enchi, the main character Mieko is who makes me rethink this saying. On page 138 of the book, Fumiko writes "He liked to think if it as a metaphor comparing the heart of an older woman to the depths of a bottomless well- a well so deep that its water would seem totally with out color." When reading this i begin to think that by looking in the well it is empty.
In the book masks there are many concepts that can be portrayed in the writing. Two main concepts are revenge and love. In the book Mieko is searching for revenge and is taking part in setting up a love triangle. Mieko I feel gets herself so far into trying to plot her revenge that i feel that she hits a point where she can not go back to before it started. In the saying that i stated earlier when they say a bottomless well- a well so deep that its water would seem totally with out color this makes me think about how when you look in water you can see your reflection as you can in a mirror. If there was no water you would not see a reflection witch mean you can not see yourself. Therefore you are no longer yourself. We all try to be the best people we can be but sometime we change and as Mieko did have situations that cause us to plan revenge. So who is the greatest of them all?
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