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?

The film showed masks as who you are as a person. So if you saw everyone with a red mask, you would probably want to fit in with them, even if you are a blue mask. One moment that stood out to me was when she took her mask off. She wanted to be herself. I want my mask to reveal who I truly am as a person. I want to be known for what I like, not what I try and like to be "cool".

Today we started working on our masks after reading and analyzing "I, Too".

I enjoyed making my mask, and I got better at poem analysis.

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