Edward Bloom
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Edward Bloom is a charismatic Southern storyteller whose larger-than-life tales blur the line between reality and myth in the novel and film "Big Fish."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Bloom canonical | 9 |
| young Edward Bloom | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedForFilmBy | Tim Burton ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | old age ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Big Fish
ⓘ
Big Fish ⓘ
surface form:
Big Fish (film)
Big Fish ⓘ
surface form:
Big Fish (novel)
|
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| centralConflictWith | Will Bloom ⓘ |
| child | Will Bloom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Daniel Wallace ⓘ |
| deathSceneDepictedAs | transformation into a big fish ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Big Fish
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlias | The Big Fish ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Amos Calloway
ⓘ
Jenny Hill ⓘ Karl the Giant ⓘ |
| homeTown | Ashton, Alabama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
charismatic storytelling
ⓘ
larger-than-life tales ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | magic realism ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | blurs line between reality and myth ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | traveling salesman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
adventurous
ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ imaginative ⓘ optimistic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Albert Finney
ⓘ
Ewan McGregor ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfFirstAppearance | 1998 ⓘ |
| regionalIdentity | Southern ⓘ |
| spouse | Sandra Bloom ⓘ |
| storyElement |
befriends a giant
ⓘ
encounters a witch who shows him his death ⓘ joins a circus ⓘ visits the town of Spectre ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the fluidity of memory
ⓘ
the power of stories ⓘ |
| themeAssociatedWith |
father–son relationship
ⓘ
mortality ⓘ myth versus reality ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Witch (Big Fish)
this entity surface form:
young Edward Bloom