My Review of The Elephant Man

Elephant Man was a really good film. I liked how the movie was black and white to portray that the movie was taken place in the 19th century. The beginning of the movie, was what interested me the most. You see a picture of a women and an elephant; it looks like the elephant is striking and hurting the women. The symbolism of that was to signify the women was raped by another man or perhaps a group of men. This really captured my attention because since the film title is "The Elephant Man" I wanted to know what connection the man and the elephant had. Followed by that scene it was an image of an explosion with the sound of a baby crying. I also wanted to know why is a baby cry in an explosion? The true meaning of it was that the baby was the result of the rape and he came out deformed people call him the "elephant man" because they made up that his mother was hit by an elephant when she was pregnant. I enjoyed how there was so much symbolism throughout the movie, but you just really had to pay attention to notice and understand it. The actor who portrayed John Merrick did a nice job I felt like his acting was what made the movie into a great one. I also found it interesting that some of  the cast members and crew members had a connection to the actual people that worked with and knew John Merrick. The movie overall made people ask themselves if they were good or bad people, and showed people  that are different are human too.

My Name Is John Merrick

Today I was at the train station because the circus people had helped me escape from a monkey cage that I was put in by Mr. Bytes. As I got off the train this little kid kept starring at me, I had tried my best to look away and not get any attention drawn my myself. Then I increased my walking pace to get away from the boy, but it seemed the more I tried to get way from he just kept following. A group of kids then were chasing me I was running as fast as I could until I got trapped by a huge crowd, they took away this cover I had to not show my face. I ran away from the crowd, but they chased me into a bathroom. I felt as if I wasn't being treated as a human, like I wasn't equal to them. Although I may look different then most people I am still a human being, and I should be treated as one. Police then showed up and took me back to Dr. Frederick Treves and I was safe and sound once again.

Welcome To My Nightmare...

There is no such thing as fear. Fear is all in your head. Many people have different types of fears like heights, the darkness and public speaking. I for one believe that they can be all concurred if you just do it. Lets say you have the fear of roller coasters get on the tallest ride in an amusement park the anticipation will kill you waiting in line and then waiting for the ride to get started, but once you are actually experiencing it you will see that there was nothing to worry about. Being afraid of the dark, is something people probably get from watching too many horror movies, but I can pretty much guarantee you that a serial killer is not going to bed hiding in your closet between the time you turned the light off (light travels at the speed of 186,000 mi/sec) so unless the crazy ax man is Flash then you have nothing to worry about. As for being afraid to speak in front of a crowd, well there is always that one  famous trick to picture everyone in their underwear, but if that doesn't work then practice makes perfect. Of course your first time presenting isn't going to be the best heck it's going to be the worst, but the key is to learn from each presentation and progress as you go. Fear is something almost everybody has, you must own your fears in order to overcome them.