John Merrick The Ugly Elephant Man

John Merrick, a man so pathetic and helpless because of the curse of his extremely disfigured body he carries around with him. Lots of people are born with some deformity or another, but none such as the case of John Merrick, in other words, ‘The Elephant Man' who was given this name because he was so deformed he resembled an extremely ugly elephant. The movie shows how John Merrick is marginalized not only by the general public, but also the poorest of people to such an extent that his life was a misery. This movie shows how cynical people can be towards fellow human beings. His abnormalities did not even allow him to take a walk in the garden by day light as the common society looked at him with complete disgust. Although John suffers much,
It is seen how the general public reacts in the very beginning of the movie, when Mr. Bytes presents him in the carnival just like an animal would be presented in front of an audience in a circus. In addition to this injustice Mr. Bytes brutally beats him which further disfigures him and then calls him as a ‘freak'. When Dr. Treves takes John to the hospital, a dispute brakes out whether he should be allowed to stay in the hospital, for no other reason, but only because he was so ugly. In one part of the movie it is shown how one nurse is upset with another nurse because the latter had her involved in the care of John Merrick which she did not like, because he was so ugly that it scared her. Amongst all the negative people in John Merrick's life, the night porter who in one part of the movie refers to himself as ‘Sunny Jim' is the most cynical character in the entire story. His vile and selfish behavior tempted him to earn an extra income at John Merrick's expense. He would take money from people and expose them to John, where the women would look at him with awe and fear while the men literally played around with him as if he were nothing but some broken toy. It is noticed how John was marginalized even by the lowest of classes even thought they themselves were among the marginalized
John's personality was quite unique; he received many visitors including people from the upper class who normally would not even consider being in the same room as someone with a physical disability. A famous actress, Mrs. Kendal, befriended John and was considered a very close friend of his until his death. At one part of their meeting she tells him that he is no Elephant Man, but he is Romeo. She invites him to the theatre and in there, at the end of the play she dedicated the evening to Mr. John Merrick where he saw for the first time how many people loved him. Another important scene in the movie is when John is at Dr. Treves house for tea and he is introduced to Dr. Treves' wife. It is when they are in the middle of a conversation regarding John's mother when he bursts out in tears because for the first time a beautiful woman such as Mrs. Treves has ever been so nice to him because they would usually scream in fear and run away. Even Mrs. Treves was crying at the end of the visit because she was so upset seeing John's condition. Out of all the people in John's life, Dr. Frederick Treves played the most important role, as he was the one who discovered him and saved him from that brutal Mr. Bytes. Treves brought him into the hospital and created an opportunity for John's happiness. John refers to him as a ‘friend'. During his