# What Performance and Being on Show means in Memoirs of a Midget

> The narrator is repeatedly put on display, from Mrs. Monnerie's salon to the circus, and reflects on how all people are 'on show' in society, questioning the line between authentic self and public spectacle.

## Explanation

The narrator is repeatedly put on display, from Mrs. Monnerie's salon to the circus, and reflects on how all people are 'on show' in society, questioning the line between authentic self and public spectacle.

Characters at Beechwood are constantly performing their social roles, with the narrator observing the theatricality of their lives.

Fanny is described as theatrical, watching herself in mirrors and observing her effects on others, and the narrator notes her 'serene, theatrical' seriousness.

Fanny's mockery of the concert performers and her own performative behavior during the evening.

The narrator's public outing turns into a spectacle, with a crowd pursuing her as if she were a curiosity or a criminal.

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