Stage: DEPARTURE
STEP 1. The Call to Adventure
Edward Blooms experiences the Call to Adventure when he is eighteen years old. He is the small town hero of Ashton; excelling in sports and academics. When a giant begins terrorizing the town, Edward volunteers to talk to him. During their conversation, Edward convinces the giant that they are both “too big” for the town of Ashton. The pair agree to travel to “the big city” in order for them to be in a place that better suits their ambitions. This moment changes Edward’s life forever because it is when he travels outside of Ashton that he begins his new life.
STEP 2. Refusal of the Call
Although Edward does not refuse the call, there is a point where the option is presented to him. While
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Edward is a bit suspicious of the town, but the people insist that he stays. A local poet explains that in Specter, the foods is better, water is sweeter, the weather is always beautiful, and the wind makes a symphony as it whistles through the trees. Edward becomes an honorary town member for a few days and he tries to figure out what to do next.
STEP 5. The Belly of the Whale
After spending a few days in Specter, Edward experiences the Belly of the Whale. He decides that he wants to leave because he does not want to settle down yet. Instead of living in the picture perfect world of Specter and living a care free life, he decides to venture off. He meets back up with the giant and the two find work at a circus.
Stage: INITIATION
STEP 1. The Road of Trials
Upon entering the circus, Edward spots a beautiful girl whom he vows to marry. However, she soon vanishes and he never learns her name. The ringmaster, Amos, agrees to provide Edward with clues about the girl each month that he works for him. He does everything Amos asks of him, which includes sticking his head in a lion’s mouth, washing an obese circus performer, cleaning up after the elephants, and being fired from a cannon. Edward completes every task with a smile knowing that he is one step closer to meeting his future wife.
STEP 2. The Meeting with the Goddess
Although a hero’s “goddess” is not always an actual god-like woman, Edward’s is. After working for Amos for three years,
Over a year later, Edward is found by a fisherman and is brought to his wife, Nellie. Edward grows to love his new family and enjoy life among
Due to her parents divorce and her mother's impending marriage, Bella moves from Arizona to Washington with her father, where she is essentially forced to restart her life. This is a very challenging task, and one she was able of enduring alone, proving her self reliance. While Bella made a few quick acquaintances, she struggled with the absence of close relationships prior to meeting Edward. The vacancy left in her life can be attributed to her nonconformity, and her unapologetic nature. Even after connecting with Edward, Bella is reluctant to change the way she acts to please him.
In the case of this movie, Edward Bloom was already destined to move on, he just needed a little bit of motivation; this is where Carl comes in. Carl is like a catalyst in a chemical reaction; Edward might’ve stayed in his hometown much longer had he not had a good push along the way. This seemed like a small task to Edward when the town needed help, but a challenge nevertheless. When Edward talked to Carl by the cave, he was probably already aware that he needed to move on with his life, Carl was just the call to adventure he was looking
Edward is represented as the creation of an intelligent inventor, yet before Edward could be “completed” the inventor passed away. This had a long-term effect on Edward as he was left confused, alienated, alone and most importantly, “incomplete” literally, and metaphorically. This contrast, symbolizes the complex feelings associated with alienation and ostracism, and the destructive effects it has on individuals, leading them to create barriers of isolation, and lack of acceptance and understanding. William struggles to form a sense of identity because of the emotional abuse that was inflicted upon him during his placement with an unidentified male. And Edward suffers from a sense of identity, as he was never able to establish on, through social interactions, Edward is intrigued by those around who to him seem to be, unique and different, while those around Edward believe him to be unique and one of a kind, accepting him for “ The years spent in isolation have not given him the tools to judge from right or wrong. The snow represented the change he brought to the people and especially Kim. It showed how he blossomed, and when the chaos of his visit came and left, he still left his mark behind to the town. Before Edward visited it had never snowed, and now every year it does. This is because even though Edward was looked down upon at the end, he still wanted to show people he can create beauty and not just destruction. Edward wanted them to feel a sense of belonging, maybe not with him but with each other, with the town’s community. understood by us as an audience that the need to belong is significant in our world as it is through the healing process in our relationships and experiences that the human
In the beginning of the book Edward is all alone.During the day Abilene goes to school.This means Edward is all by himself.Abilene leaves him looking outside with a watch.I have felt like this before,all alone.In 6th grade I wasn’t allowed to be friends with my best friend.We had done something so bad that they didn’t even allow us to be in the same classes anymore.I had felt alone for months I had other friends but she was my best friend. But after 8 long months we were allowed to be friends again. I didn’t feel alone forever but I did for a long time.
Tim Burton’s use of scenes of events such as barbecues and Christmas parties encourages the viewer with comfort and peace of conformity. It shows Edward blending into the society and having another chance. This idea of being reborn is brought about because he isn’t up in the mansion alone but rather he is in the neighbourhood being given a ‘second chance’. When Peg Boggs brings Edward down to live with her and starts to immediately change him by putting new clothes on him. Then she tries to cover up his scars on his face, using key lines such as “blending is the
To Edward Bloom, his life was about making his own seem as extraordinary as possible. But, as the readers of Big Fish, we can clearly see through the lies in Edward’s stories. Edward Bloom wanted to seem like a hero, and so he wove lies into the truths of his stories. He truly was a salesman which is evident through the description William Bloom, Edward’s son, provides of his comfortable life at home. William has everything he could possibly need, except for one thing.
As the boys grow older, their different classes become more significant to the play. Edward goes off to
Both protagonists ascend through social classes with the help of two men with ability to access higher classes via profession and wealth. The film establishes Edward’s social superiority by depicting him above all the guests at his party utilising a Bird’s Eye View, supporting this, his ex-girlfriend admonishes him “you think I’m at your beck and call”. However, he can see below him but he cannot break out of the glass window. Further supporting his inability, he becomes lost in Hollywood requiring directions from Vivienne. The cross cutting of Vivienne and Edward foreshadows and sets up their romance. In direct contrast, Higgins did not need saving at the slightest, happily being a “confirmed old bachelor” as he believes that
Both Elinor and Marianne get their hearts broken by the men they loved. In the beginning, Elinor meets a man named Edward Ferrars and the two immediately click almost like they were meant for one another. They soon face troubles when they find out others don’t find them good enough for each other. Marianne tells Elinor that she finds Edward too dull, while Edwards’s mother doesn’t approve of them being together. Putting others aside, the feelings between them begin to grow and we start to question if they are falling in love. Eventually, Elinor and her family end up moving to Barton Cottage, causing things with Edward to become complicated. They begin to communicate less, and Marianne finds it strange that Edward had not came to visit Elinor yet.
Shoving, flying and been threw around, Edward continue his journey, as for he cannot determine the path he will take. Passing the dark, lonely and junkyard of place, he found a place, not a home but companion that needed Edward. Edward, now Malone accompanied Lucy the dog and the stranger named Bull. Bull spoke, “in truth, we are going nowhere. That, my friend is the irony of our constant movement” (97), as for Edward, he too doesn’t know where he will end up; nonetheless he will comply where is he taken because his voice cannot be heard. However, Bull does not treat Edward like a doll without a conscience, instead as a companion and on equal footing just as Lucy. For instance, it was indicated that he made Edward a set of new clothes out of
Also, the black castle is frightening, unsafe and almost looks like a monster’s abode. This contrast creates an uncomfortable feeling and introduces us to the second realism of the “fairy tale” world. Edward’s first words, “Don’t go,” to Peg suggests that he desires contact with other people instead of being isolated. That is when she takes Edward, the “fairytale” figure into the neighborhood, where he experiences his social awakening.
The film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ by Tim Burton, is a modern day fairy tale which follows the story of Edward, a young man that is taken out of isolation and introduced into a new way of life. Although the film is for entertainment, that is not its sole purpose. The film has deep and rich themes, which convey many important messages to the audience. Some themes of the film include; conformity, appearances versus reality and individuality.
Have you ever came across a person in your life that just instantly change the way you think with their personal experience? Tim fish, he is so special to me, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to him again in my life, he is special to me and he has made a difference in my life. I will from who is he, the first time I met him and why I choose him.
There are some things you should know. I’m the man of honor and the hopeless romantic, but the man you’ve read about; the one who overcomes all of the odds and gets the girl. This story does have one of those, though, and his name is Edward. Not Ed, never Eddie, and he does not appreciate any jokes of the Twilight variety. He has one those chin dimples, and when he laughs, he inhales more than exhales. I guess he makes her happy enough. Eddie remembers all the important dates and brings her these gargantuan flowers that no twenty-something’s apartment can actually fit comfortably. He also hates me, so I keep our interactions to a minimum. I will not anger the beast.