The masks are the first thing that stand out. O is required to wear a bird-like mask, not for disguise, but for depersonalization . She is no longer a specific woman; she is a vessel.
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Chapter 2 moves us from the carriage to the interior of the infamous château at Roissy. Réage’s prose is famously minimalist, but here it becomes almost architectural. We are given a tour of O’s new reality, but not through grand descriptions. Instead, we learn the rules through silence, through the weight of costumes, and through the systematic removal of O’s individuality. The masks are the first thing that stand out