Big Fish- Allen

Burton merges the dark characters of big fish with Edward Bloom by making Edward appeal to those dark characters in away most people would be afraid to. Edward bloom is accepting of all people and treats them with the same respect a person of the society accepted norm would receive. Those grotesque dark people like Edward because he makes himself equal to them. As seen in the scene with the giant, Edward reasons with the giant and makes him feel better about his size difference. Edward reasons with the giant because he sees him as his way out of ashton. Edward likes the giant because he can use him as a friend to take the long journey out into the world with. When it comes to why Edward like any of the grotesque characters in Big Fish it is because Edward always finds a way that they can help him succeed in life or he wishes to help them. Edward is not a normal person, he does not judge people or see them as a different race. He loves helping people. It is as if that is his true calling in life. One could say Ed was put on earth to go through life and help other people. Edward has a gift more people of the world should possess. Everyone is equal in his eyes, no one is ugly or different everyone brings the same thing to the table. 

Ed takes the same approach with the witch in the swamp. He greets her with a polite personality and requests to see her eye. From that little meeting the two form a friendship he was not even aware that would come up in his life later. That’s the special thing about the type of person Edward Bloom is, his kindness is offered to everyone and most of the time he is not even aware that that kindness will benefit him and be returned to him. A perfect example of this is when he helped the poet rob the bank but it was a bust, once the poet became rich he sent Edward a large sum of money just for giving him “financial advice”. Ed's life is the real meaning of what comes around goes around. What you put into life is what you get out of it.