The Destruction Of The True Identity Of Hercules And April

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True identity is the base of a human life. Without true identity nobody would know who anyone truly is. Without true identity would people's friends actually be friends? If someone did not know their true identity how would that person make decisions. People who are like this are Hercules(the god) and April(the girl from the identity video). Hercules does not know if he wants to be a god or a human. April does not know if she should be herself or her mask.

Hercules and April do have similar problems in the way that they both do not know who they want to be. As they went through their journeys they both looked at others identities to make a decision. They both had to conquer what others thought of them. As they conquer that they also had

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