After watching the short film Identity, write a blog post reflecting on how the masks in the film represent the pressure to fit in and the struggle to discover who you really are. Choose one moment from the film that stood out to you and explain why. Then, connect the film’s message to Langston Hughes’ poem “I, Too” and to the mask you are creating in class. What part of your identity do you want your mask to reveal?

 Prompt Response: The mask in the film represents the pressure to fit in because when you want to fit in you try your best to fit in with the next person so you feel like you are a part of something, or when you don't think your personality, or looks don't compare with others you start to switch everything to try to be like other people. One moment from the film that stood out to be is when the girls were looking at the poster and it says the yellow mask is what is beautiful, all the others girls have on yellow mask trying to be beautiful too. This stood out to me because mostly in high school everyone wants to be like the next person and try to fit in with the crowd. this connects to the poem because it shows everyone is the same and you make yourself stand out on your own not by copying anyone else. 

Summary: Today in class we watched a film called "Identity"

Reflection: today in class I learned what my final is going to be. 

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