Blog # 9 My Review of The Elephant Man

The movie The Elephant Man was overall the best movie that I have seen in black and white. I believe that it should have received academy awards because it had all of the factors that a movie needed such as suspense, plot, and a theme. I liked how the movie gives us a theme that you should never judge a book by its cover. I liked how every person had a specific judgment over John Merrick and then later on changed that judgment into a welcoming personality towards the monster. The movie also shows us that we are all in one point a monster; not physically, but instead mentally. The movie in the beginning gave me a disgusted look toward the elephant man, but as the movie progressed, I started to have sympathy towards him. The movie had a horrible ending although because John Merrick died in his sleep, but at the same time, it had an ironic ending due to John dying trying to sleep like a normal person. 

Blog # 8 My Name is John Merrick

Today, after being rescued by the circus people, I was put on a boat back to London and I am happy I can once again be united with the people who care for me instead of the people who abuse me such as Bites. When I got off the boat, many people who wanted to see my disordered body were following me which made me feel like a monster and not a human being. I let the people know that I wasn’t a monster but instead a human being just like them. After that, I went unconscious and when I woke up, I discovered that I became reunited with the people who love me as a human and not a monster. Ms. Kendall was gracious enough to give us box seats to her play and I was excited to see the theater for the first time. Dr. Treves told me that I wouldn’t be different amongst the people in the theater but instead like them. This response made me feel like I was not a monster but instead a human being. 

Post # 7 Welcome to My Nightmare

I’ve had many nightmares that have caused me to wake up in the middle of the night and make sure it didn’t happen, and one of those dreams that frightened me was when I caused a car crash. It was at the time when I was able to drive and while I was driving my family to my cousin’s house in Pomona, I accidentally hit a car on the side of me. Once I hit that car, it caused many other cars to crash too. When I got out of the car to check if they were ok, I saw many people have major injuries from the crash. Some of the injuries I saw were glass in a man’s eye, people had glass on their head, and some people lost their hand. Once I saw the damage that I have caused to innocent people, I immediately was shocked and woke up in an instant.  Now every time I practice how to drive, I make sure to always focus on the road and try not to distract myself with other things.