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."

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Edward Bloom canonical 9
young Edward Bloom 1

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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

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Big Fish mainCharacter Edward Bloom
Big Fish protagonist Edward Bloom
Ewan McGregor role Edward Bloom
Will Bloom hasFather Edward Bloom
Will Bloom reconcilesWith Edward Bloom
Karl the Giant friendOf Edward Bloom
Amos Calloway employer Edward Bloom
The Witch revealsTo Edward Bloom
subject surface form: The Witch (Big Fish)
The Witch givesVisionTo Edward Bloom
subject surface form: The Witch (Big Fish)
this entity surface form: young Edward Bloom
Jenny Hill associatedWithCharacter Edward Bloom