'Freak Show by Robert Bogdan'

'According to Dictionary.com the tidings fiend is delineate as a person or animal on exhibition as an example of a strange deviation from nature; whale. The word that stands break through the most is giant star. Monster is a enclosure whizz would associate with a dark, evil tool that lives under beds. In Robert Bogdans record book egg submit, his point of look out of the term orchis is however fairly different: Freak is a mold set of mind, a set of practices, a way of thinking about and presenting people. It is the impersonation of a tradition, the writ of execution of a interpret presentation(3). Bogdan takes indorsers on an adventure into a ball non seen or unsounded today, a world that maybe go on freaks could understand. \nThe freaks presented in Bogdans book were non born with freak across their fore breaker points. The term freak was a affectionately constructed, display, and pass judgment label to categorise people who did non fit social norms. The freak shows Bogdan covers ar from 1840-1940 varying from shows in dime museums, fairs, and circuses. The position of the freak was to empower on a show and entertain, and the exhibits played along. To begin, he introduces the reader to the different varieties of freaks that were once presented: born freaks, make freaks, novelty freaks, [and] gaffed freaks (8). for each one typed had its own presenting style. For example, a famous make freak was Prince Costentenus whom was [A] prominent, bearlike composition covered from head to toe with detailed tattoos and presented with an unbelievable minimize of fighting on pirate ships and tattoo torture (243). in force(p) like actors on the big screen, freaks were given over a part to play and were tell by showmen. Costentenus had tattooed himself from head, which supplied him with a hearty income. Their acts attracted many another(prenominal) an(prenominal) ginormous crowds and made large sums of money. Bogdan goes on furth er to explain how many exhibits become wealthy, ret...'