jo463 (10 out of 10 ) This is a true story based on the life of joseph merrick (the elephant man) it's a sad but true story of what the elephant man had to deal with. He was born normal but at the age of 2 years old he started to become deformed his head grew large and big. Tumors covered his whole body and his health deteriorated and at the age of 27 he died in his sleep poor joseph.