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The story of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Marquez presents an array of characters. Marquez distracts away from the main character, the angel, by mentioning so many characters but at the same time shines a theoretical light on the angel. The most interesting question is not that of why the narrator mentions so many others but why these characters treat the angel in such a horrid manner. Many factors lead to why exactly such evil practices ridicule the angel such as human doubt by…

In philosophy, qualia is an individual's subjective internal emotional experience. Qualia refers to the aspects of human experience that may be perceived differently by others for a variety of reasons. Internal states may be described, although they differ from person to person. Qualia may include simple experiences such as the perception of color, texture of temperature. However, it may also be much more complex such as an individual's thoughts and experience relating to mental disorders,…

Analysis of American Horror Story: Freak Show In class we have learned about many different aspects of disability. In American Horror Story: Freak Show (Freak Show), there were many themes shown throughout that touched on material we have talked about in class. Freak Show illustrates the medical and sociopolitical models of disability, uses terms that are deemed inappropriate or unacceptable by the disability community, and represents people with disabilities in the media. I have…

Acknowledging Your Dreams Within Bernard Pomerance’s play The Elephant Man, there lies a focus on how society affects an individual’s well-being or state of mind and what drives their dreams. In my opinion, it is society at times that alters what aspirations we have for ourselves. Sheri E. Metzger has written an essay titled “Overview of ‘The Elephant Man’” which examines “Merrick’s humanity” within the play. She states, “Normalcy is an illusion in other respects” (Metzger) and Merrick has this…

her beard is normal, she still actively chooses to perform on a stage for “freaks,” because her claim is that, “Ten times a day, I address in the strongest, most forthright terms feminist issues of appearance and dress. I use the platform of the sideshow to defreakify. " (Miller,…

I know gambling is bad but since we don’t do it every day don’t find it as bad. In conclusion when I go swim I end up playing cards because to me it’s a normal thing know. One of my favorite things to do is go to the side shows. The sideshows is were a lot of people go to see cars. Well not cars that don’t move but cars that do donuts and burnout. My favorite part is the adrenaline that goes through your body when they swing cars. The most funny part is when cops come and everyone stars…

the case of Uncle Al, making money is far more important. Uncle Al uses utilizes false advertisement throughout the circus to bring in large audiences. On Jacob’s first day of working at the circus, he is assigned to working as a greeter for the sideshow. Cecil, the announcer declares to all the men in the crowd, “‘And now- my apologizes ladies, but this is for the gentleman only… If you’ve got manly blood flowing through your…

This theater review will examine the racial themes of “3/Fights” by James Scruggs at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York City. Scruggs presents an interesting example of American racism by breaking the barriers of the “fourth wall” by including the audience members in the imaginary world of SupremacyLand. Before entering the venue, I was asked my racial designation (being either black or white), which immediately included me in the production. More so, after entering, I was guided by a…

at as “Primitive”. They were put on display to be laughed at and used to compare seemingly how far “our” society has advanced in relation to them. Both were humans but weren't treated according to this - in fact they were both called “freaks” and sideshow entertainment acts. Relating back to the “Couple In the Cage” it can be said that this is a satirical but powerful look at what was the mindstate of a western society during that time. Many of these racist views are still prominent to this day…

Institutions”). This lead to uneducated treatment, and ultimately neglect because of the lack of knowledge on how to treat patients. To add, it was also a common practice to completely dehumanize and humiliate patients by putting violent ones on display like sideshow freaks for the public to look at for a fee, and gentler patients were put out on the streets to beg for charity (The History). The patients were used as profit for the institutions, and set them up for extreme dehumanization and…