My Review of The Elephant Man

   

Normally after you see a movie you think about it, you dislike or like it and then you carry on and it never again crosses your mind unless of course its a topic of discussion. Though, with The Elephant Man i saw it i loved it but i kept thinking about it throughout the entire day, I've been able to take some of the things that i saw in this movie and apply them to my everyday life. Nothing drastic, or too analytical, but this film resonated with me and it made me think differently. It made me want to believe that the people whom we are most interested in are the people who aren't very normal.It made me question psychopaths and how they are viewed in society and how they really are. What is a psychopath? What behavior is there to for sure know if someone is a psychopath? How does someone act normal? The reason why i thought of this was because of John Merrick and how he was completely normal but all the other people thought he should be isolated. Besides his deformity, there really isn't anything extraordinary about him. Just because someone does not look a certain way or act a certain way, does this make it okay for society decide he should be segregated indefinitely? Does individuality mean anything if you're unique but you are horrifying to the public? Who decides and what decides when a person is not normal? The elephant man put all of these thoughts into my perspective and im glad they did, because I hope I can get my questions answered sooner than later, because some things in our society aren't paid too much attention too unless they happen to you or someone you care about, and this is definitely   something that needs to be changed.