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The Elephant Man. Christine Sparks. The Novel. History of the Circus. The Freak Tent. Sideshows in the Circus. ( Neu - ro - fi -bro-ma-to-sis) (Pro- te -us syn - dro -me).
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The Elephant Man Christine Sparks
The Freak Tent Sideshows in the Circus
“He has trouble with certain sounds because of the constrictive deformity of the mouth. His face is entirely incapable of expression. He can cry, but he cannot smile. But he can talk, and has great eagerness to make contact with people who will let him.” P. 105
Joseph Merrick Life in the Circus
“A dozen times a day he would have to expose his deformities before a gaping crowd, who would scream and run from him or stare and poke his growths.” P. 125
“When he was not needed for exhibition he would be permitted the only happiness possible to him – to creep into the darkness and hide.” P. 125
“He was kept a virtual prisoner, housed like an animal, shut off from the world, which he now saw only through a peephole in a showman’s cart.” P. 125
“It was in the circus that Merrick had acquired his strange disguise.” P. 125
“I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I – am –a – man. P. 257