Elephant Man

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Lee Seung Min

Monday 11 - 13

Elephant Man

His name is Joseph Merrick. He was very quiet person and he looked ugly. His head did not have much hair, and there was another bag of brown, dirty skin at the back of it. This skin came down below his neck and face. He had a red tooth that looked like an elephant’s tooth. The face could not smile or laugh or look angry or sad, because the skin could not move. It was dead, like an elephant’s skin. His right arm was enormous, and there were bags of skin on it. It was like a man’s foot, but the left hand was beautiful. His legs were very big and fat, and he had a bad back, so he could not walk without a stick.

 

When he went to a hospital a beautiful young woman, came to the hospital and she smiled at him and shook his hand. For the first time in his life, he had some friends. People began to read about Merrick in the newspapers, so he had a lot of visitors including the Queen of England. When Merrick saw a play, he remembered this play for a long time, so he wanted to go to the country like in the play. Merrick stayed there for six weeks, and he was wonderfully happy. At the end of the summer he went back to London, but six months later he died in bed. He did not usually sleep on his back but he wanted to sleep on his back. Then his heavy head came off the bed, and he broke his neck.

I thought Merrick was very hopeful because at first Merrick was very lonely and hopeless. There was no one for him because he looked like an elephant. For example, on page 4 ugly face, dead skin, big arm. I thought Merrick cursed these things. When he met Dr, Treves, he got hope because he did many things after he met Treves. For example, on page 22 to 26 Dr. Treves tried to help him, and Merrick had friends for the first time and he lived in the country.