The story is in Europe in London in 1884, of a doctor named Mr.

Federick Traves who is walking

down the street, he comes across the painting in a shop window, when he looked at the painting
in detail, he saw that it was a creature and not a The person they called the elephant man, saw the
elephant man, but he was in a very dirty room, and the owner of the place who attended him was
to take him with the creature, Mr. Simons, he called him Merrick, the creature , but it could not be
distinguished if it was a man or a woman, because it had a beautiful hand similar to that of a
woman, on the right side, but on the left side it could not be distinguished, it seemed that her arm
was a foot, her left foot One hand, he had a dirty and tight suit so that you can see how his
appearance was, and on his head he had a bag of nuts, which was also dirty, his head was as if 2
large horns came out of his mouth, like those of an elephant, the left side of the face, could not be
to distinguish well where the eye was because the skin fell on his face.

Then the doctor tries to convince the owner of the premises to take him to the hospital which he
does not want because this would make him lose the business, the doctor leaves with disgust
apparently, but the owner of the premises tells him if he likes me, in the end, the doctor hands his
card to him in case he needed something to Merrick. Merrick, goes to the hospital with Dr. Traves,
but the next day I don't see him anymore, because the owner of the circus where dr. He saw
Merrick for the first time, he took him on tour the next day, and the doctor did not see him again,
then 2 years passed for the doctor to meet again with Merrick, who abandoned him in Belgium,
and came walking from there to london to see the doctor, after there the editor of the times
newspaper, made a note about his sad life, for which they manage to convince readers that they
gave him money for merrick, Merrick spent a lot of time living in the hospital, manages to create a
friend, and keeps reminding his mother, it is discovered that his disease is not contagious or
dangerous, it is just a genetic malformation of the skin and bones, but not it's dangerous. His story
is so well known that he manages to visit Queen Alexandra I, and then from there Merrick
manages to be an important person, taken with respect, people did not laugh at him anymore,
now they called him Lord Merrick, then the queen sent him a card of congratulations on your
birthday to Mr. Merrick. With the money collected from the newspaper note, they manage to
make a house for Merrick, outside the city, in the forest, because he loved the tranquility, but one
night he went to the theater, because he loved him, he loved the theater , and they took him to
see. Six months later in the year 1890, at home, Merrick dies stripping his neck lying on his bed,
due to the weight of his head.