We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea - Arthur Ransome

The Elephant Man - Tim Vicary

Based on one of the novels above, write about a theme in the novel. Support your answers with textual
evidence.

Based on the novel The Elephant Man by Tim Vicary, the theme that I found is
kindness. This story is about John Merrick who suffers from a disease that
causes him to be deformed. People fears him and he is not living like an
ordinary man. The element of kindness can be seen in Dr. Treves. He is a doctor
at London Hospital. He cares about Merrick by protecting him from being
laughed by people when he wants to bring Merrick to hospital. He went to pick
Merrick early in the morning, so people will not see him. He also asked the
postman to hold the left arm because he didn’t want the postman to know
about Merrick ‘s deformed body.

The theme of kindness also can be seen when he visits Merrick every day and
does not Merrick to be lonely. He brought his young woman friend to visit
Merrick. He also treats Merrick as a normal person. He brought Merrick to the
theater and sent Merrick to spend 6 weeks at the countryside where Merrick
enjoyed very much.

From the events above, it shows that kindness is the theme of the novel.

Based on one of the novels above, write about a moral value found in the novel. Support your answers
with textual evidence.

Based on the novel The Elephant Man by Tim Vicary, a moral value found in the
novel is we should be kind and helpful to other people. This story is about John
Merrick who suffers from a disease that causes him to be deformed. People
fears him and he is not living like an ordinary man. The moral value of we
should be kind and helpful can be seen in Dr. Treves. He is a doctor at London
Hospital. He cares about Merrick by protecting him from being laughed by
people when he wants to bring Merrick to hospital. He went to pick Merrick
early in the morning, so people will not see him. He also asked the postman to
hold the left arm because he didn’t want the postman to know about Merrick ‘s
deformed body. This shows that Dr. Treves is kind to Merrick.

It also also can be seen when he visits Merrick every day and does not Merrick
to be lonely. He brought his young woman friend to visit Merrick. He also treats
Merrick as a normal person. He is kind and helpful to Merrick because when he
brought Merrick to the theater, nobody sees him. He sent Merrick to spend 6
weeks at the countryside where Merrick enjoyed very much.

From the events above, it shows that we should be kind and helpful to other
people.