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John Merrick Research Paper

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John Merrick the “Elephant Man”, A man with physical deformities so bad that people it would cause people to flee, scream, and faint at the sight of him. While his deformities drove people away and no one wanted to look no deeper he actually was a gentle and emotional person with an acute intelligence. John Merrick had a tragic life of ridicule and inhumane treatment; while John was Mr.Bytes he would endure floggings, starvation, terrible living conditions, and he would be displayed to the public as a freak in a freak show. The freak show to John was the most painful; in the Exhibition John said that he could feel the stares from the people the showman brought in. Children’s stares were easy to take, The stare of men were hard to bear their

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