The circus is a place for people where society does not appreciate them. Unfortunately society shuns people if they are not “normal” enough. What is normal for society? Normal is where people only care about material things or if they are popular among others. The circus however, does not take popularity or material things into account. Being at a circus, one is care-free and most of all happy. Being in a place where they belong in which society deprives them of. People with dwarfism are people, they are little people. Society does not turn the other cheek with people with dwarfism. It would be better off if there were no people with dwarfism. People like this turn to the circus, it is there place of belonging; their home. Little people need a place of their own. A place in which they would fit in and be happy. A place where people do not judge them for being tiny or awkward. The circus is their answer.
In the photograph there are three people standing behind a trailer parked outside a grassy plain. Two are grown men about the size of a five year old child. They are both wearing long white sleeve shirts and black baggy pants. The one on the left is a lot slimmer than his heavy twin counterpart. Both men have on black boots which seem to be a fashion goofy due to their oversize baggy pants. They both have on flat hats which look like a cast surrounding their heads. The one on the left seems to be holding an animal, possibly a pig. In the middle of these two men is a young boy wearing a white shirt and shorts which is nearly knee high. His auburn hair waving in the wind, who seems unsure as to what is going on. Both men are holding the hands of the little boy. The heavier man in the picture is pointing straight at the camera, possibly to tell the small child to smile. They all have a happy grin on their faces, feeling proud to belong somewhere.
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