Frederick- Bloom

In Tim Burton's Big Fish, the character Ed Bloom is a sort of happy-go-lucky person with a sunny-ness about him. Bloom is not in any way sinister, as some other characters in the film are. The giant, the werwolf/ring master, and the witch are all, at first, very dark characters. They're all basically monster archetypes. However, these strange characters are seen in a while  new light from the eyes of Ed Bloom, and they become good friends.

At the very beginning of the story, we see a young Ed Bloom surrounded by his childhood friends, off to find the witch. Bravely on a dare, we see the child Bloom go up to the witches house, knock, and when she opens the door.... he addresses her like any young southern boy would address a kind old lady. He says, "Miss, there are some people here who would like to see your eye". Blooms ability to identify this "witch" not as a monster, but as a normal lady is what connects them together. He doesn't see things as scary or monstrous just because others do, but he sees people for what they are.

Bloom does it again when the giant comes to town and everyone fears him. They say he is eating all of their pets, and even fear that he will eat them! Bloom goes out to negotiate with the giant and ends up giving the town a new perspective. Ed Bloom tells the giant how they are the same. They identify that they are both "too big" for a small town like this. He and the giant become companions on a journey together.

When Bloom is working in the circus, there is a sleazy ring leader. We know he's not exactly an upstanding person from the way he cons people into this business, and I believe Bloom sees this too. When Bloom finds out that the ring leader is a werwolf, however, Bloom sees something we would not have thought of. Instead of truly fearing the werwolf, like the ring leaders best friend who attempts to shoot him, Bloom sees him as a dog. He throws a stick and plays catch with the werwolf, and then helps him understand that he is not the monster everyone has made him out to be.

The thing about Ed Bloom is that he could make anyone see something in a different way. The characters that were considered sinister and evil, he helped them realize that they were, perhaps, just different, misunderstood. The witch was just an old lady with a strange eye and a weird house. She never hurt anyone. The giant was just meant for greater things than a tiny town could offer. The werwolf was not dangerous, just bored. The reason these characters loved Ed Bloom so much is because of how he saw the world, as a beautiful place, and his ability, through stories and his actions, to explain the beauty of the world to everyone else.