Comparative Analysis: Weylyn Grey and Edward Bloom Character Study

This essay provides a comparative analysis of Weylyn Grey from 'Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance' and Edward Bloom from 'Big Fish,' exploring their similarities and differences as male protagonists with unique personalities and hidden feelings of inadequacy. While both characters face difficulties and believe in perseverance, their backgrounds and circumstances differ significantly, with Weylyn growing up in the forest and possessing supernatural powers, while Edward is a traveling salesman who embellishes his life through storytelling. The essay argues that Edward Bloom's character is more fully developed due to his ability to inspire others and his relatable desire to live a life of adventure, concluding that both characters convey the message of staying positive and facing life's adversities with optimism.

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The analysis of the character of Weylyn Grey and Edward Bloom
Introduction
This particular essay targets for contrasting and comparing the main lead
characters based from the stated novels Big Fish and Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance.
Published in the year 1998 by Daniel Wallace and in the year 2017 by Ruth Emmi Lang, the
novels highlight the extraordinary capabilities and strengths of the main characters. The research
paper initially provides a short and a brief explanation regarding the characters in the two stated
novel. The essay furthermore attempts to find similarities and the differences among the two lead
characters stated in the film. It would be really challenging and exciting to figure out the major
things and the factors differentiating and altering the two of the characters in the novel. One of
the major objective and goal of the assignment is to argue over the character of Edward in the
novel that he is more developed than the character of Weylyn due to the possession of super
human attitude despite of having none of the superpowers.

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Discussion
Orphaned in the very tender age at childhood, Weylyn Gray stays with the animals in the
forest and got raised in the forest. In the novel, his character is explained with the perspective of
the charecters who have already encountered him. In a neutral view regarding the character, the
novel explains a charming and an appealing character allowing the readers of the novel to
acknowledge some of his supernatural gifts that are mysterious in nature. In the context of the
narration of the adventures ,the legend of the Weylyn, the author of the novel presented a very
different interpretation of him targeting to make his character more mystical and interesting.
Although being a powerful human being, Weylyn was basically a weak hearted once due
to he was not able to take up the courage towards the expression of his feelings for the girl he
desired, Mary. He generally placed an influence of him on every individual me met. This is
because the girl he loved also adored him back since Weylyn had helped her from a mad wolf on
her eleventh birthday.
In the novel, Big Fish, Edward Bloom who was the protagonist basically with none of the
super natural powers although he was basically an extra ordinary man with his self rights.
Illustrated from the flashback as told by his son, Willie the story reveled how Edward was an
adventurous man and did not liked to boast regarding his work. Being a travelling salesman,
Edward always love to travel since he was burdened with the responsibilities he had to do for his
family. He tended projected as a hero before his son and cracked jokes which were one of the fun
things he loved to do. Frustrated with his life, Edward did not live his life he desired and hence
projected his wanting in the form of story to his son what he mostly wants.

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One of the common similarities among the characters of the novel was that both Edward
and Weylyn were some of the male protagonists. Furthermore both the character had their own
love interest; Weylyn had Mary while Edward had Sandra. Weylyn had a very soothing and
charming personality while Edward was also a lively outgoing person making every one fall for
his tremendously good personality and looks.
Both the characters of the two novels had a very different part to their personality which
they hid from the world. This was their feeling towards inadequacy. As the name of the novel,
Big Fish, Edward always wanted to be and live like the dream he saw. His stories of adventure
and excitements revealed the desires he had which remained incomplete in his life. Both the
characters in their life faced difficulties and unexplainable categorical situations but both of thee
character believed in never giving up.
In the context of differences, one of the main differences among the two characters is
basically the context of their life as portrayed in the novel. Weylyn grew up in the forest among
the wolves while Edward grew up in the town. Furthermore Weylyn was an orphan while
Edward had a family to support him. In the context of the super powers, Weylyn really has super
powers in him while Edward narrated his dreams and desires of being a super hero were quite
questionable.
While both the novel portrayed the characters which has differences and resemblances,
the character of Edward was fully developed due to various reasons. Weylyn basically grew up
in a very different circumstances and as time grew he realized about his super natural powers.
Edward on the other hand used to make small situation to super natural ones. Edward
furthermore had the ability to motivate people towards the believe in the positivity. One of the

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instances that can be illustrated in this scenario is regarding the whimsical stories and the
narration by Edward that provided inspirations to his son and which basically can be rated over
the real life experiences of Weylyn. Hence it can be illustrated that the character of Edward is
basically more developed that that of Weylyn since the character of Edward in the novel makes
the viewers believe and get inspired from the ideologies and not to his narration or stories.
Conclusion
Thus it can be concluded that the analysis of the character of Edward Bloom and that of
Weylyn Grey has initiated in the understanding of the complexities surrounding the human life.
Both the characters in the novel, portrays the message to stay positive and face adversities with a
happy face in life. The essay discussed the detail analysis of the traits and the characteristics of
each of the lea character of the novels and effectively portrayed the basic nature of the human
through some of the extraordinary settings.

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Putri, Rifqi Amri. "The Absence of Fatherhood from William Bloom as Reflected in Daniel
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