The wonderful thing about masquerade parties is that you're allowed to take your mask off at the end of the night and go on being the person you were meant to be. The elite wizards and witches at Hogwarts, however, don't get that luxury. Each of them wears a mask to conceal their real identity. When taken off, they reveal to the world how truly ugly they really are. They reveal the blemishes that not even $1000 foundation could cover up. These masks are given to them by parents, the wonderful people they are, or are earned on their own. Some masks eventually wear down and fall off, while the others become permanently stuck to their faces. Everyone tries to ignore the ugly masks, especially the ones spattered with blood….
I, however, have never been invited to one of the elite's fabulous masquerades (not that that's stopped from going), so I don't feel guilty about removing their masks one by one…
