The Elephant Man.....

          " I am not an Animal !!, I am a Human Being" This is a quote from a movie that Michael really liked called " The Elephant Man ". Michael said he related to that movie a lot and that he could see himself a lot in that movie. I feel like that quote is probably what Michael felt like saying sometimes to the Media and to the public. There was a lot of people, especially the Media, who seemed to treat him like he was a caged animal and an outcast. They crowd around him and take pictures and everybody always wants to look at him. Michael said he felt like he was an animal in a cage sometimes. The media always has to make up vicious rumors, at one point they said that he wanted to buy the Elephant man's bones, which we all know is not true. I think the problem with the world is that we forgot that Michael was a human being just like us. Before he was famous, he was doing exactly the same things that we do in our everyday life. The problem is that once he was famous, he was forced into being different.

           I definitely feel like Michael was treated like he wasn't human a lot. Just like the Elephant man, even though the Elephant man was human, but just disfigured, they treated him like he was nothing and like he was a freak. Some people forget that inside every person there is a Soul and that you can't just treat people any kind of way that you want. You have to realize that your words can have a huge effect on someone, weather it is a good or bad comment. I think Michael had to suffer a great deal from the negative comments that was said about him. I don't think he deserved that at all, people always seem to attack what they don't understand instead of just realizing that it is beautiful and unique. At the end of the day everybody deserves to be treated with love and respect. For all of the Non-MJ fans you should realize that Michael was a person just like you and me and try to show him the common respect that you would for other people. For the Fans thank you all for treating Michael like the beautiful person that he is.