Edward Bloom has to be one of the most optimistic people in
fiction these days, and Burton did a great job in portraying that for us to see.
We see Edward go through so many things in the course of this film, and every
single trial that comes his way he undoubtedly makes the best out of it.
Sometimes Edward creates these rough, daring difficulties he goes through
himself. Included in these difficulties/journeys he goes through, Edward
manages to meet all sorts of people. These people are usually quite unlike
Edward. Edward is an overall happy character which is why he could justly be
called a sunny person. On the other hand, the people he meets are usually not
as “sunny” as he. For instance, the scene where Edward meets the giant is a
rather dark scene that actually matches the grotesqueness of the giant himself.
This giant is unbelievable tall, and since he is his limbs look somewhat
deformed as well as his facial features. Undeniably, the giant and Edward
really get along with each other. It is obvious that they like each other. The
giant finally found a friend in Edward, someone he could talk to. And Edward in
return found someone willing to explore with him. Edward even earns trust from the
giant by keeping his word and shoelessly meeting him at the end of the road
they traveled on. Trust seems to have been a slight theme in this movie, because
Edward proves to the woman, who was only a little girl, in Spectre that he
keeps his word and return to places he says he will. In this scene Edward
returns to Spectre after many years and decides to renovate the entire city by
making it seem just as it did when he first visited it. He even fixed the woman’s
home even though she was reluctant to the change. Her reluctance and Edward’s
drive shows how he does not take “no” for an answer. This is what else draws so
many people to Edward, his personality. The people in this film, especially the
ones from Spectre, cannot help but admire and respect his helping people and
overall outlook on life.
