Mechanism that conceals a person's true thoughts and feelings A phone Persona Jamil and her friends have become familiar with the phone keypad and they can type messages fairly quickly. Jamila can type much faster on her phone because it has a qwerty keyboard. But Jamila likes text messaging because it allows her to use her phone without drawing attention to her deafness, since cell phones are every where.end highlight Everyone on campus seems to be "texting" and Jamila enjoys being able to communicate easily with most of her new friends at school.