This chapter starts up in the hospital. Esther is having a very hard time in the hospital since her suicide attempt. With the stories she describes‚ it is very apparent that people are looking at her as if she is a freak. Esther looked at herself in the mirror in the hospital and could not believe the face staring back at her. Her face was bruised and her hair was gone. I think at that moment it was more than just looking at herself. She realized all the bruises and the haircut‚ but she also realized
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Among the physical and mental ill effects of amphetamine abuse are: Side Effects‚ Overdose: increased heartbeat‚ pulse rate and blood pressure‚ sometimes rising to killer levels. "Mainlining" Effects: physical collapse‚ mental im- balance‚ even death. Long-Term Use: fatigue due to lack of sleep‚ mal- nutrition and emaciation due to deadened appetite‚ loss of self-balance and self-control‚ loss of a sense of reality‚ impaired thinking and speech‚ shattered emotions and unpredictable reactions
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“according to mathematics and unless she could somehow stop herself she would grow to be over nine feet tall. And what would be a lady who is over nine feet high? She would be a freak.” At the local fair the previous year‚ Frankie visited the house of freaks; she describes the features that aid the ‘freaks’ to be seen as ‘freaks’. Frankie says “The Giant was more than eight feet high‚ with huge loose hands and a hang-jaw face. The Fat Lady sat in a chair‚ and the fat on her was like loose-powdered dough…
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The book All the Bright Places is about two polar opposites coming together and falling in love. Theodore Finch is a “freak” who was fascinated with death‚ and liked to cause a scene. Nobody at school likes him‚ and he has blackouts that he refuses to tell anyone about. He is just the freak nobody likes‚ until he wanders to the top of the bell tower at school just to know the feeling of standing on the ledge‚ and he meets Violet. Violet was a happy‚ popular girl that everyone liked her. She was happy
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from each other. For example‚ one can either freak out or stay calm‚‚ freeze or keep going‚ run or stay‚ ect. These actions‚ of course‚ depend on the person‚ place‚ and situation. There are dozens‚ probably hundreds‚ of different situations in which danger is present. Some usual situations are things such as kidnappings‚ fires‚ assaults‚ shootings‚ and being held hostage. Although some people may react calmly to a given dilemma‚ others may completely freak out in the spur of the moment and go to extreme
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The film The Elephant Man by David Lynch is a heart-warming film that highlights the life of John Merrick better known as the elephant man from the streets of Victorian England. Like many films this movie has received numerous reviews both good and bad. Chris Loar is an example of a man who is a true admirer of the film. On the other hand Roger Ebert had nothing good to say about the film. I personally feel that the film was very well developed. Both Ebert and Loar had strong opinions about the film
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How was he dehumanized by people and society making him less human? Since Merrick was born with such abnormality‚ it has been inevitable for people to see him in an unusual way. Before Dr. Treves discovered him‚ John Merrick was in a Victorian freak show. People were paying to see him‚ making fun of his physical deformities and calling him “The Elephant Man”. Due this‚ he lost the respect from others that he is entitled to. Most started to treat him like an animal and people blatantly showed him
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breast. Upon realizing the situation‚ Lois and Peter have different ways of coping with Peter’s probable upcoming death. Lois tries to assure Peter to stay positive: “The important thing is to stay calm. It’s probably nothing.” At the same time Peter freaks out and tries to avoid likely death: “I’m not gonna see a doctor‚ Lois. The healthiest thing we can do about this is ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist.” Although different in terms of accepting Death‚ both Lois and Peter are afraid of Death.
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‘One pinched her‚ another walked round her; one gentleman poked her with his cane; and one lady employed her parasol to ascertain that all was‚ as she called it‚ “natural.” This inhuman baiting the poor creature bore with sullen indifference‚ except upon great provocation‚ when she seemed inclined to resent brutality [...]. On these occasions it required all the authority of the keeper to subdue her resentment. At last her civilized visitors departed […].’ Taken from her native land of South Africa
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“When my older sister leaves her light on all night or when there is a trail of her possessions around the house it makes me want to freak out at her.” This supports my meaning because it shows that he handles situations differently. Most people would just confront her and tell her to clean it up or even just ignore it. Instead he takes a different approach and he freaks out at
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