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: In the short film the mask shows the pressure to fit in as in the film different mask represented different groups of people portraying the separation and isolating feeling that it comes with when your mask does not match everyone elses. One moment in the film that stood out to me was in the end when the main girls mask broke and she looked at herself in the mirror leaving with a smile. The reason this stood out to me was because it was a significant change in character as earlier in the film she seemed very self conscious of how her mask was different from everyone elses. The film represents themes in the poem "I,Too" as the mask are there to hide something even though her real self is apart of who she is and in the poem we are told the main narrator is told to hide away into the kitchen even though he is also apart of America. The part of my identity I want my mask to reveal is the nature of my character and beliefs. 

Summary: During the class period we watched a short film which included mask. After that we worked on our blog post. Majority of the class period was used to work on our own identity masks.

Reflection: The short filmed we watched in class has very similar themes in the poem "I,Too" that we read earlier in the week. The film had repeated times as in the beginning and in the end it was similar which was most likely there to show the differences and how big they were in the end.