My Name is John Merrick

Today the steam boat had arrived in London and I couldn't have felt more at home. All I wanted to do is go see Dr. Treves and be safe. As I left the boat into the area of the station I was bothered by children and was soon followed by an entire crowd of men. I ran for my life for I did not want to be seen as a monster. I had never ran as fast as that date, I still felt out of place and unwelcome but knew the ignorance of the men. As they crowed around me staring at my face with amazement and confusion I could handle their tormenting eyes and yelled at the top of my lungs that I was not an animal and that I was a human being. I was a man. At that moment I meant what I said and felt the confidence to say what I felt. Dr. Treves had made me feel and experience things that I would had never felt by myself. As the police came, they returned me to the hospital and Dr. Treves ran towards me welcoming back with love. LOVE. I felt it as he hugged me with such warmth. No one has ever been so happy to see me in my entire life. As I struggled to keep my breathing under control I embraced the emotion of the moment and took that to make my life more worth living. I was sent back into my room and I felt right at home and comfortable of who I was, no longer was I afraid of those around me and neither am I afraid of myself.