![]() The very first thing I can remember is another little child screaming when she saw me. “It’s pretty bad, isn’t it? Ever since I was little, people have turned away when they looked at me. “When they decide they can fix your face,” the nurse replies. “When will they take the bandages off?” Janet asks urgently. The nurse, visible only by her hands, answers kindly but briefly. Only her voice and her hands seem alive as she pleads with a nurse to describe the weather, the sky, the daylight, clouds-none of which she can see. ![]() A rigid mask of gauze bandages covers her face. ![]() ![]() Meet the patient in room 307, Janet Tyler. The following paragraphs provide a synopsis of the story: “Eye of the Beholder,” one of Serling’s most provocative episodes, probes our ideas about what is “normal” and how those ideas influence the way we think about ourselves and treat others. But the stories were far from ordinary because they took place in an imaginary world just beyond our own-“the twilight zone.” In creating the series, producer and writer Rod Serling hoped these stories would prompt thoughtful discussions of social issues. The episodes often had familiar settings and featured characters that seemed quite ordinary. The Twilight Zone, a popular TV show that ran from 1959 to 1965, blended science fiction with fantasy and horror. ![]()
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