Similarities Between April And Hercules

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It is very important for people to know their true identity. It is important because if someone does not know their true identity, they would struggle to be themselves. I believe this because it would be very easy for someone to try to hang out with the wrong people or fall into the wrong group of people. If one falls into the wrong group, they would try to be like the people that is in their group of so called “friends”. In two videos the class recently watched called “Hercules” and “April”, the main characters struggle to find their self-identity. Although April and Hercules are two very different characters, they have some similarities. One similarity between April and Hercules is that they both want to fit in with the “in-crowd”. April wanted to fit in with the other kids at her school and be like everyone else, Hercules wanted to be like other kids, but when he tried to play with them, they would all run away and call him mean names. Another similarity between April and Hercules is that they both wore a mask. Hercules did not physically have a mask but it was there. April actually had a real mask. They both had to take off their masks themselves. This means that they both could not let anyone else take their masks off for them, they needed to take them off by themselves. The last reason they were …show more content…

One difference is that in the movie “April”, everyone around her has masks but in “Hercules”, he is the only one with a mask. Another difference is that when April takes her mask off everyone just stares at her like she is crazy. When Hercules takes his mask off everyone around him is happy for him. The last difference between them is that Hercules is determined from the very beginning of the movie to find his identity, but April likes to keep her mask on until the very end of the movie when it cracks and she sees herself in the mask. These are some differences between Hercules and

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