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In both novels, “Nights at the Circus” by Angela Carter and “Geek Love” by Katherine Dunn, our of view of what is normal and what is unusual or “freakish” is completely tuned around. Arturo or Arty from the novel “Geek Love” views normalcy as a terrible quality to have or to desire. In “Nights at the Circus,” Carter gives the reader many different “freaks” to focus on, from the most obvious Fevvers, to the other …

…In both novels the idea of the sacred and the profane are explored, through many themes, including prostitution. Carter and Dunn have told us many things about our society, money and our views of people who are different or “special.” Fevvers would fit in prefect into the Binewski family, right next to the “Aqua Boy,” even though Arty would not like the competition he would have to share the spot light with the “Bird Woman.”