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Dr. Blockhead believes that genetic engineering will change all the freaks and the freaks will become normal like everyone else. Dr. Blockhead does not like this because he believes their deformities make them different from everybody else. I think genetic engineering is justified because no one wants to be stared at and look at differently than everyone else. If, people were created without deformity they wouldn't be bullied because of what they look like. I also believed that it is the child's choice whether they want to be changed or they want to be how they were intended to be. For religious reasons people wouldn't genetically improve their child because they think that god made them that way and that's how a person should be.

The museum sign said “Freaks Free- all others donations required” the sign shows that normal people are frown upon in the community of Gibsonton. I also think that all the freaks value each other more than normal people. I believe that freaks are jealous of normal people because they weren't able to be normal. Freaks had to go through their life with everyone looking down at them and normal people were
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Therefore, The use of mirrors shows that looks can be deceiving because someone may look different doesn't mean that they are dangerous, and usually the most dangerous people look normal. The sheriff used to be the dog faced boy who was in the circus when he was little, but now he is a sheriff and is protecting his little freak town.the agents also assume that since the sheriff didn't say anything about him being the dog faced boy, that he was hiding something. The agents think he may have killed all those people because of the dog hatch in the door. The sheriff proves he was innocent and he wasn't burying human bones he was just burying his potatoes to get rid of his

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