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A pair of British sisters who are considered to be "born from the devil", Daisy and Violet, because of their physical development deformities in the mother's womb and their hips connected, have spent their entire lives in the "curious" eyes of others.
At the same time, because of the curiosity of others, they were found to be useful.
Adoptive mothers are willing to raise them to adulthood; Natives and Americans are willing to go to bars and theaters and pay for their limited artistic performances; Two men are willing to marry them and so on.
Even they themselves have thought of taking advantage of others' "curiosity" about themselves to develop their acting path...
But before he died, his former gaze was gone. At the age of 61, they are lying in the same bed, only the two snuggle up to each other and take care of each other.
There is no doubt that their lives were tragic.
What kind of life did this special twin sister go through?
First, should not be born, marry into the "weight of failure" of the wealthy
In 1926, a withered-faced Englishwoman lay on a hospital bed, unable to help moaning, a serious illness made her no longer have the arrogance of the past.
Daisy and Violet, who were sitting in front of her, were close to each other, and at this time, they did not have the appearance of being promised, but looked radiant.
Yes, they eagerly await to see the woman in front of them, their adoptive mother, Hilton, die. They know that once she dies, they are free, and they can truly control their lives...
Why do they hate their adoptive mothers so much? Where are their biological parents?
Compared with the "damned" of the adoptive mother, the biological mother of the two is more indifferent to the two.
"It's wrong to be born."
This sentence is full of malice and prejudice, but it is the true inner portrayal of the maid Kate in a manor in Brighton, East Sussex, England.
In 1908, Kate felt pain because of the guilt of the young master of the manor and the secretly giving birth to a conjoined baby.
This child should have become a weight for her to be a young wife and a class cross.
However, she endured the humiliation and burden, and finally gave birth to such a "female monster", that is, Daisy and Violet.
This made her unacceptable.
At the same time, the young master of the manor who had once sworn the mountain alliance also abandoned her easily, and she was driven out of the manor with her children.
In order to make a living, Kate started a bartender and barely survived.
As a new mother, she did not have the slightest maternal love in her heart: they were evidence of her unmarried pregnancy, and the reason why she was scorned by everyone.
People laughed at her. It was because of her greed that God allowed her to give birth to this pair of "cursed monsters".
From then on, she began to see her two children as a shame and a burden.
However, the doctor's words made Kate feel relieved:
"Conjoined babies are very fragile and don't live long under normal circumstances, so you don't have to worry about that." These creepy words rekindled hope in her heart.
Yes, she was expecting the death of her two children.
However, what Kate did not expect was that in the next month, the conjoined babies showed amazing vitality.
The two little guys are normal except for the physical connection, they are healthy and beautiful.
Just as Kate's maternal love is about to be awakened, an uninvited guest, the bar owner Hilton, appears in front of her and bluntly says that he wants to buy them for five thousand pounds.
Five thousand pounds is a lot of money for a barmaid.
Not only could she get rid of the burden, but also solve his financial problems, she decisively agreed to the other party's request.
Her decision also pushed her two biological daughters into the abyss.
Hilton's brutal plan: 3-year-olds perform on stage
Hilton, who bought the conjoined sisters home, had his last wish to become a "millionaire".
And her weight to achieve this is also Daisy and Violet.
At that time, Hilton was only one step away from this goal, and she had the two girls perform in a bar, falsely claiming that the girls were of noble blood from the British royal family and were relatives of Queen Victoria.
The "Hilton sisters" became the talk of the day, and after dinner, they were discussed in the big newspapers and media.
Hollywood filmmakers also noticed their limelight and wanted to invite them to make cameo appearances in the film.
Hilton was paid five thousand dollars, and when the time came, he wanted to make another profit on them.
But helplessly, his physical condition did not allow, not only could not implement the next plan, but also the money earned had no chance to spend...
It seems that Hilton also suffered from the "present world" at this time and died of illness.
For the two girls, although Hilton has the grace of nurturing, her nurturing seems to be not much different from raising two animals, and they are still two "show animals".
Daisy and Violet first took the stage when they were 3 years old, and Hilton claimed to be their aunt and took them into the bar to become a "mascot."
On the stage, they looked childlike, just performing hard, thinking that everyone's side eyes were because of their wonderful performances.
But they didn't know that every ray of gaze that people threw at them at that time was mixed with the evil of human nature, and the faces they looked smiling were also looking at lively faces.
However, such "ignorance" is a few years of work, and they quickly understand their situation.
In order to make the duo's performance a little more exciting, Hilton forced the two girls to take dance lessons.
After their objections, an impatient Hilton began whipping them.
Daisy and Violet can only choose to drag their inconvenient bodies, day after day, learning and crying.
Is the sisters' growing "audience" because of their increasingly sophisticated performances?
No, it's just that their fame has increased, and more and more people come to see the "wonders".
This is also extremely painful for Daisy and Violet.
When the two of them performed, the audience was always restless and eager to try.
Among them, the ruffians even stepped forward to move on them, and even went directly to pick off the dresses of the two, wanting to see if they were really "conjoined".
Even so, the adoptive mother never defended them, and the painful memories remained in their childhood, indelible.
Not only that, Hilton, who saw the money, had no intention of stopping.
Seeing that the bar is limited, she takes Daisy and Violet to the circus, a difficult place where even animals survive.
Their performances have also become not much different from animal performances, attracting countless audiences interested in "conjoined people", even if it is a national tour, it is crowded and difficult to find.
People are immersed in the joy of curiosity, and Hilton understands that this "happiness" is never limited to the UK.
Filled with lust, she took them to the "golden" United States, and eventually died elsewhere.
So, after Hilton's death, the sisters, who have grown to be teenagers, can finally be freed?
And it didn't.
Hilton did not forget to perpetuate her sins on the occasion of her death.
A will stating that "Daisy and Violet were left to their daughter and son-in-law to deal with", so that the enslaved duo changed from Hilton to her daughter Edith.
Edith thinks differently from her mother, and she doesn't feel that the circus and the film market have a place for the sisters.
Instead, I feel that the sisters, who have beautiful faces and extraordinary temperaments, have the potential to break into high society with elegant art.
She asked them to learn an instrument, her sister violin, and her sister to practice saxophone.
One practice is a whole day, every time the sisters are exhausted, and once there is a wrong blow, they will be beaten.
However, even with any effort, the two were only eligible to return to performing in the circus.
Because, at that time, Daisy and Violet were already household names, and people began to have no curiosity and interest in them.
At this time, the two girls had also grown to 20 years old.
At this flower-like age, Daisy and Violet finally began to develop the idea of "blooming themselves", and they wanted to take their lives back from Edith.
Third, restart a brilliant life, but in the end, it is empty
Houdini is a magician who works in the circus with sisters Daisy and Violet.
Unlike all the purpose of reaching out to the two girls, Houdini was a good man.
When he learns about Daisy and Violet's life, he decides to help them find a lawyer: Martin Arnold to solve the problem once and for all.
This required them to collect more evidence of being bullied and exploited by Edith, which was of course easy for them, and within a few days, the evidence needed by the lawyer was ready.
The facts were conclusive, and thanks to the gradual opening of the social atmosphere at that time, and the effective dissemination of the sense of equality, Martin smoothly helped them win the case.
The freed sisters also received $100,000 in compensation from Edith.
At this time, "restarting life" does not seem to be too difficult!
However, the lever of fate has been handed over to others for too long, and after regaining the initiative, it seems that the only way to go is the old road.
Apart from a little talent and fame, the sisters will not be much.
This time, the sisters personally sent themselves on the road to film shooting.
Hearing that the sisters had such a will, actor Bob found them with the script of the movie "Freak".
Everything went well, because of the identity of the conjoined people, the two lost a lot of parts that normal people need to "stunts" to complete during the performance.
However, it is also because it is too realistic and the fear is too real, and the film has also been violently attacked.
The movie was taken down, which also foreshadowed the hardships of the duo's road to making movies.
However, fortunately, they exchanged the misfortune of the first half of their lives for $100,000, allowing them to live a prosperous life even if they did not work.
The sisters, who are in their 20s, began to think about falling in love and getting married.
First, his sister Violet met a musician named Morris, and the two came together because of their similar understanding and pursuit of music.
As the relationship warmed up, the two considered the issue of marriage.
However, at that time, the law on the marriage of conjoined people was not perfect, and Violet's marriage to him, which was equivalent to her sister also marrying with her, was "bigamy" and was not approved.
The unsmooth kick at the door made the two think of the obstacles they encountered when walking together, and suddenly felt tired, and the two who couldn't stay up chose to break up.
Since then, Violet seems to have lost her desire for love, and after the marriage system of conjoined people was perfected, she used marriage more as capital to help her career.
In 1936, she married James, a gay actor, and soon entered into marriage.
But the original intention of their union is profit.
Subsequently, the good news came from her sister Daisy, she fell in love with a dancer named Hadro, full of passionate love, so that the two quickly united, but like her sister, the two actually faced difficulties in marriage, which lasted only 10 days.
Even if love had been left behind, when in 1942, through James's matchmaking, the sisters got the script for the movie "Life and Love of the Hilton Sisters", this marriage, which was sustained by interests, suffered a heavy blow.
The box office of the movie is average, Violet and James both believe that their marriage investment has failed, and the other party cannot really help their career.
In the end, going around in circles, the two enjoyed the scenery and decency of the peak of their careers, touched the attention of the audience, and also enjoyed the sweetest and most passionate love, and the happiness of joining forces.
Or in the second half of the journey of life, he returned to the world of "ordinary people".
Originally, except for their special body structure and life experience, everything seemed ordinary, and returning to the ordinary may be their real destiny.
In 1961, Daisy and Violet moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they lived on a tight budget.
Having long given up their movie dreams, they chose to rent a room near the church and make a living by doing odd jobs in supermarkets.
However, for others, a peaceful life seems easier, for them, the ups and downs of life go far, and their mission seems to be completed.
In the end, Daisy and Violet, sisters, died of a cold virus at the age of 61 just two days apart.
summary
In the era of underdeveloped medicine, many hereditary diseases could not be well treated.
Just like Daisy and Violet, it may only take one operation to completely change their tragic fate now, but they were forced to accept the suffering it brings.
However, in the story of Daisy and Violet, the first to use their conjoined identities to cause suffering is the seemingly enthusiastic adoptive mother.
For her biological mother, the arrival of the sisters was just a "burden" for her, but the adoptive mother turned them into "commodities".
It also allows the sisters to subconsciously treat their "conjoined people" identity as a "commodity", using and selling them at a clear price.
When this identity is no longer valuable, their behavior is only grandstanding.
Perhaps, if they could re-choose their life scripts and stay away from bars, circuses and movie locations, their lives would be very different.
They are also more likely to find a stable marriage that suits them and achieve more stable happiness.
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