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Okay question:
Why is it okay for Ed to have two wives? I mean he marries Jenny, right?
Do you think that this shows the separation b/w the real world, where he marries Sandy, and the unreal world, where he marries Jenny?
I think it's justified to Will because...
Some people will accept when crappy things happen to them, but they won't be willing to accept the same for another person. Is that confusing?
Like you accept the fact that your mom is a teacher and she is going to go harder on you than any other student. However, it doesn't seem as fair if your friend's mom, who is a teacher, grades your friend more harshly.
Will seems like that kind of guy.
It makes Ed happy to be deemed a good father. His true goal, though? Ed seems like the person who will go out of his way to make others happy at his own expense. But this doesn't apply to his own family. So I think Ed wants to be remembered as exceptional. A great person. He wants to amaze the world. I think he's going for the shock effect. For example, there's integrity and character, and then there's Ed's integrity. I'm referring to the scene when he was determined to sweep the floor while he was bleeding. He refused to accept any help. That's pride to an extreme
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Neo93
I think you've got something with that being a Poseidon character, especially since Wallace admittedly bases much of Big Fish on The Odyssey.
Check out these interviews with Wallace on the novel:
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/...daniel-wallace
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/...allace-a.shtml