Hercules

        The Disney version of Hercules and the real version are very different from each other. In the real version Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal and in the Disney version his mom is the goddess Hera. Hera does not like him in the real story because she is jealous of Hercules' mother. Also in the original version he kills his wife and children while in the Disney movie he is falling in love for the first time. There are a lot of new characters in the movie that are not in the original story. There are also many other differences between the Disney movie and the classic story.
      Disney made these changes because it would be scary for kids to watch Hercules go crazy and kill his family. Also most people would not want to see Hera as the reason for most of those things happening.  Audiences love watching people fall in love for the first time, so that is why they needed to add Meg to the story. Also in the movie they needed reasons for everything that happened since they didn't want to make Hera mean. Hercules was turned into a mortal and had to prove himself a hero to get back to Olympus and, of course, he had to fall in love in the process. There is always a lesson in all the Disney movies.  I think they needed to put that in there somewhere so that's another reason they made changes.
     I think they made the changes they did so it would be less scary for kids and more enjoyable. Also they needed a reason for everything that happened in the story with all the changes they made. Of course, they needed romance to make it even better. That is why I think all the changes were made. Even though they are very different from each other, I really like both versions of the story.  I think they are both very creative.