Personal Narrative: Dealing With The Loss Of Sarah Ruth

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.

Edward lived a repressive and a solitary life. His older died in 1944 and his mother in 1945. When she died gein was a 39 year old men who had never been married. “weird old Eddie” is how people knew him. Ed began to develop an unhealthy interest in the female body after his mother's death and maybe that was all because when gein was growing up, his mom told him sex was a sin.

He then becomes more of an outcast than he already was and now has to face the ridicule of his society. He then runs away to hide from everyone and is followed by Pegg’s daughter, Kim. Kim ends up making the neighborhood realize that Edward was innocent of stealing and only acted in self-defense when killing Jim. The neighborhood then realized they never should have feared Edward and then left Edward alone to enjoy doing what he loves. Both of these examples showcase that these misfit characters taught their own societies to never fear them or the unknown.

We see Edward for the first time in the company of other people when he has dinner for the first time with the Boggs family. We see him struggling to do a simple ‘normal’ task of eating food, but he

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.

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

Edward’s differences are viewed negatively by society as he is encouraged to conform. By having scars visible on his face, Peg makes an effort to mask Edwards imperfections. She is unfamiliar with his fair complexion as everyone in the neighborhood has glowing smooth skin and therefore she urges to “help with the scars”. While Peg applies a concealing cream on Edwards face, she insinuates that “blending is the secret” which symbolizes how blending into society will help Edward conform. This suggests that Edwards flaws are not accepted and how society pressures to cover up your differences because uniformity is acknowledged. As the family warms up to Edward in their home, Bill suggests that Edward gets a job to earn money like everyone else in the community. He says that having a job is the “greatest satisfaction” a man can have. This insinuates that men are conformed to have a job and earn money for their family. Edward decides to make an effort and get a loan to start up his own business at the local bank which is painted white and black symbolizing the dull and homogenous life the society lives in. Edward is rejected by the bank authorities when he finds that Edward has no previous bank records and therefore “may as well not even exists.” This implies that by Edward not having a job, he is not welcome to exist in society as they are not willing to give others who are different a chance. As humanity negatively views Edwards differences, Burton displays how humans encourage outcast to conform to society.

As the boys grow older, their different classes become more significant to the play. Edward goes off to

Edward Scissorhands is an unfinished experiment that is afraid of how humans will view him. During the scene where Peg tries to get Edward to come out of the shadow, we can see the difference in color schemes. Peg representing society, wears vibrant and attention seeking colors while Edward wears dark and gloomy colors. Everyone in society wears the same vibrant colors, while Edward is the only one that does not. It shows that everyone in society is the same while Edward is the only one that is different, he is seen as somebody who does not belong there. On the other hand, Edward wants to interact with society, when Peg tries to run away after seeing Edward, he stops her and talks to her. As Edward becomes more used to society, he starts to wear human clothing but, nothing too bright like the townspeople. At the town, Edward is treated like a tool to the rest of the townspeople. They only accept him for what he can do and turn against him because of his unnatural hands. Deep down, Edward is a caring person but, his wrong actions outweigh the good deeds he has done in society. Human nature in the townspeople show that they fear those who are different, use them for their own benefits, to only then fear them again when they are no longer useful. During the scene where Edward made sure Kevin was alright from almost being runned over by jim, Society shunned him for purposely trying to hurt Kevin. This change in attitude starts to happen after Edward goes to jail, where the false rumors and accusations started going around. Society starts to think of him as a monster because of his actions, it is seen when Pegs cousin refuses to come to her Christmas party that year because Edward was there. This negative perspective drives Edward to become afraid and alone again. This change in character development, from using Edward to fearing him, proves

As Edward storms through the neighborhood his anger gets the best of him, and pushes him into a stage of destruction. Those in the community become frightened of his unusual behavior, and decide to take action into their own hands by calling the local police. His family, in particular Pegg, question if bringing Edward into society had been the best decision and go out in search of the naïve lad.

Tragically, the inventor’s death occurs moments after presenting Edward with his new hands, but also moments before he is able to fully give them to him, leaving him alone to suffer through the death of his creator, his unfinished body, and a confused psyche.

Edward has this burning desire to fit in and to be like the people of suburbia and to be normal. But as the film progresses he begins to realise that he doesn't fit in and that he is actually better off on his own in his castle. At the very beginning of the film when Edward first meets Peg his first words are, “I’m not finished” this shows how Edward wants to be ‘normal’. To Edward he is ‘‘normal’ but to the people of suburbia he is a,”perversion of nature” this is in Esmeralda's words. Through out the film edward tries to fit in but struggles. An example of Edward trying to fit in is when he is at the BBQ and the men are cooking the meat,Edward tries to be like the other men and makes kababs on his scissorhands. This shows how he is trying to fit in because he is trying to be like the men in suburbia and do the bbq while the woman are left to do the gossiping and socialising. As the film progressed Edward see that he fits in less and less and so do the people of suburbia. Towards the end the neighbours shun Edward and he becomes wanted by the police for an something he did after he has an epiphany to the fact that he doesn't belong and isn't wanted in suburbia by the suburbians with the exception of Kim. JIm says to him, “who the hell do you think you are hanging out around here huh?... get the hell outta here, Freak!” This is then

This is revealed when Edward is excluded within the community. In the beginning of the movie Edward is inside a dark and gloomy mansion, all alone, secluded from rest of society, showing to the audience that he doesn't belong. The film techniques used by Tim Burton such as the colors portrayed in the film like pastel colored houses, colored cars and people wearing bright clothes, clearly shows that Edward is not like anyone else and is an outsider. He is oblivious when trying to abide by the rules of society such as when he is trying to eat dinner at the home of the Bog’s. “Well this might be quite of a change for you, right Ed?”(Edward Scissorhands) said by Bill Boggs, the father of the family.

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

The start of the novel Ed’s narration and dialogue of himself showed that Ed believed he did not deserve happiness, to be better, to love that he would amount to nothing. The very first introduction of what how Ed saw himself was when he