The Elephant Man Analysis

Today, people love to judge others, which has drastically affected our community as humans. In the movie The Elephant Man (1980), they identified John Merrick as the “greatest freak in the world” which resembles how people judge others’ today. This reslates to Buber 's “I/It” philosophy, because their first reactions when seeing John are “gasping” and “ooohing” at him which is a reaction people reserve for objects and not people. This “I/It I/Thou” philosophy is on display throughout the film in that several characters become fully engaged, evidence growth through relationships, and become open to others, these traits belong to Mrs. Mothershead, Mrs. Kendall, and Mr. Treves. Although people say that judgement is a thing only God can do

This correlates to the film because John states that he is truly happy, because he can finally be himself as well as do what he wants. One of the biggest things today is that “Money buys happiness” which is a mixed opinion, You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy pleasure. This shows how Mr. Bytes and Sunny Jim used John for amusement and money. I’ve always wanted a camero, for my 18th birthday my dad buys me a Lamborghini Aventador this in turn makes my happiness at a ten, then on my 21st birthday my father buys me a Camaro (The car I originally wanted) my happiness is at a 5-6 because I have already had/given a nicer and more expensive car which changes my perspective on the cars. You cannot sustain the same level of happiness forever. There are different degrees of happiness, you don 't want to constantly be happy, you have to hit those highest points in happiness as well as hit the lowest points of happiness. This shows in the film, John gets taken by Mr. Treves and gets treated like a actual human being. This makes his happiness at a 9-10, then he gets mistreated by Sunny Jim which is one of the lows of happiness which in turn will eventually turn into one of the