Review of The Elephant Man

This was one of the best movies i have seen. It was very eye opening and very sad. I really love how the characters, most of them, evolved throughout the movie. Especially, Dr. Treves, he really showed a great improvement in his character. He started as the man showing John off to his colleagues to not hesitating to hug John. I am not going to lie and say i was not shocked when i saw the deformity John had, but i was not disgusted. I am a bit squirmy so yes i could not look at John for too long because i would get super squirmy. As the movie, progressed i fell in love with him. He is truly an amazing person. John Merrick is simply beautiful. He is this adorable, human who loves to build Cathedrals and watch plays. When he spoke for the first time, i felt an emotion i cannot pinpoint, but i felt warm. I felt sadness because of the way he was treated but the fact that John did not let that affect his happiness and was still happy even after everything truly shows the type of person he is. Overall, this movie was really good, it made me realize that no matter how you look you are human. 

My Name Is John Merrick.

Another person has come to see. What else is new? Every single day i feel less and less like a human. I hear Bytes come in and I hear another person come in. This is different. It is only one person. Not the usual crowd. I do not want to go through this again. I feel so ugly. and scared. Every one always laughs and laughs and i never fully understand why. I hear Bytes scream. It is almost showtime. I hear the curtain drop, here it goes. Bytes tells me to stand up, so i do. I turn around when i am told and i see a man standing, but he does not look scared. He does not look digested. Most people, well everyone, who comes to see me always look disgusted, that is the first reaction. Their face full of disgust and fear. I turn around, i feel like a robot. I do not even feel human. I know i am not an animal but every day i slowly began to feel like one. This mans reaction, however, was very different. Never have i once seen this reaction before, i am totally confused. He is cried, a tear feel from his eye. This is unusual. i am confused. i do not want to feel like this anymore. i do not want to be the clown for everyone. I am just like them, I am not an animal. I am not an elephant man. I am John Merrick. 

Welcome to My Nightmare

I have never really had any nightmares. Those dreams, those that are just so hard to think about and talk about. I usually never have those types of nightmares, they are usually you’re typical someone is chasing me or killing me. That is not really scary. Until recently, I had the worst nightmare ever. It took my worst fear and made it seem so real. In the nightmare, my family and I were at this lake. We were in a cabin at first then we were suddenly at the lake. There were huge, gigantic ships surrounding the cabins. Suddenly, the ships started to sink and they were turned around and were falling on top of the cabins. My parents and my brother were on the deck and I just saw a ship fall on them. it was quiet at first and then I see my dad come out of the water. He ran towards me and started looking for my mom while I was crying looking for my brother. My brother’s hand popped up and I pulled it but I couldn’t get him out until my dad helped me pull him up. My brother was crying and my sister suddenly appeared. I started freaking out because I couldn’t find my mom. We were all crying and looking for her.  I do not think I able to explain the fear I felt when I couldn’t find my mom. I was thinking the worst thing ever. It felt so real; I woke up crying and out of breathe. I do not want to experience that anytime soon, or anywhere in the near future. I know at some point they will be gone and she will no longer be here but I don’t want to experience that feeling I felt in my dream anytime soon. I felt as If I was really going insane. I couldn’t think straight or see correctly, I just wanted my mom to appear and hold us. That nightmare was the worst one I have ever had. Fear is a really horrific thing. People use our fears against us, to make us feel vulnerable and weak. I fear not only loosing my parents but a lot of thing. I fear many, many things.  I usually do not share my fears because I feel vulnerable sharing but in this case I am sure most kids with a heart are scared to loose their parents.