My Review on The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man was a well thought-out film. The allusion of Christ and John Merrick was a remarkable aspect. John Merrick was always a humble man, not indignant of the cruelty and rejection of people. He was always looked down upon, and just knowing it was based on a real man makes me sad of how ignorant we are, we are visually challenged. We also look at the outside of matter, never really interested on what is in the inside. Also the questioning of being a good or bad human is another great message pointed to people. Another thing i really liked was the affection Dr. Treves end up developing for him, like for example when they were at the musical play and Dr. Treves was just staring at Merrick; pondering on how much John affected his life. The ending was also great but agonizing. John Merrick claimed to be happy every hour of his life, makes it incredible. A man who was always abused and judge still had the heart to say he was happy with his life. That takes a humungous heart.