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    Love, Simon tells the story of a gay teenager who struggles to come out to his friends and family due to fears of judgment. Throughout the movie, Simon hides his true identity until he is blackmailed into publicly coming out. While some of his closest friends feel hurt they did not know the real Simon, he eventually finds acceptance from his family, friends, and schoolmates. The essay argues that living authentically without hiding one's true self is important for finding freedom and happiness, even if others may judge or discriminate.

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    Love, Simon tells the story of a gay teenager who struggles to come out to his friends and family due to fears of judgment. Throughout the movie, Simon hides his true identity until he is blackmailed into publicly coming out. While some of his closest friends feel hurt they did not know the real Simon, he eventually finds acceptance from his family, friends, and schoolmates. The essay argues that living authentically without hiding one's true self is important for finding freedom and happiness, even if others may judge or discriminate.

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    A Reflective Essay: Love, Simon

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    Love, Simon tells the story of a gay teenager who struggles to come out to his friends and family due to fears of judgment. Throughout the movie, Simon hides his true identity until he is blackmailed into publicly coming out. While some of his closest friends feel hurt they did not know the real Simon, he eventually finds acceptance from his family, friends, and schoolmates. The essay argues that living authentically without hiding one's true self is important for finding freedom and happiness, even if others may judge or discriminate.

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    Love, Simon

    A Reflective Essay

    Love, Simon is a typical cliché movie which is all about homosexual romance and highlights

    LGBTQ+ when it comes to this matter. All throughout the movie, Simon was controlling to

    express who he really is due to the possible judgements of people. Nowadays, story such as this

    is common wherein a part of LGBTQ+ community felt sacred for such judgements if ever it will

    be then confessed. The fact that LGBTQ+ members are prone to such discrimination,

    depression, constraint and anything hurtful, there are such possiblities that there are no way

    they are going to unleash who they really are since the world is full of judgemental people.

    Thus, some LGBTQ+ members choose not to further confess something but in the end, there are

    no such thing as hidden secrets.

    When Simon forcefully confessed who he really was because of such blackmail, closest friend of

    him felt disappointed since for a long time, they did not know who the person they are trying to

    be into. There is certainly no doubt that after all the happenings, there were bullying exist and

    discrimination because of his sexual orientation and gender identity. After all, he did not mind

    all of it because it is him, the true him. Moreover, it has been settled when he confessed

    something on the school's creeksecrets which is why he was then accepted of who he really was

    and even supported him all throughout. His family, friends and schoolmates then finally

    embraced his true colors as he choose to be gay forever and to be with the person he loves

    where he met happiness.


    Whatever the secrets are, there will be times that it will get revealed. You cannot live all

    throughout your life choking yourself with such unfamiliar mask because that is not you. In this

    sense, you are just pushing freedom away since you are afraid of judgements. We have to be

    ourselves and we should not pretend nor fake ourselves to others for just mere praise.

    Whatever happens we should stay who we really are without minding all those negativities for

    us to live freedom and happiness eternally.

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