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In conclusion, Edward was becoming a fish all of his life and did many heroic things like these that involved water.

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" The day he was born things changed. Husband became father, wife became mom. The day Edward Bloom was born, it rained." (7

Everything changed on that date of Edward Bloom's birth. He brought immense hope to his small Alabama town and its people even if they didn't know it yet.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4flAZEgtjs

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When Edward was born, he brought rain to an Alabama town that had been in a drought for years and he saved the lives of many by doing so.

Some people went crazy and ate rocks while others lost all of their crops and animals to the drought. From the minute he was born, Edward Bloom was involved with water in some way.

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" All this time my father was becoming a fish. I saw him dart this way and that, a silvery, brilliant, shining life, and disappear into the darkness of the deep water where the big fish go." (180)

It finally becomes real to Edward that his dad was becoming a fish. He wasn't going to die all that time, he was turning into a fish.

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Edward turned into a fish at the end of his life which makes great sense in the end because he always lived with and around water.

Edward was a "fish" for a while because he always swam in a pool and always worried about others like a fish in a school.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqiH0ZSkM9I

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"He felt as though he should be drowning by then, but he wasn't. In fact, he seemed to be breathing. Not through his mouth but through his own body. He didn't understand it but he was breathing, and he thought this meant he was dead. But then, in the distance away from the ship, he saw a young girl waving to him."(104).

Edward Bloom could always stay under water for long periods of time and really was a "fish" for his whole adult life and this is a perfect example of this.

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Edward was in the Navy and with some supernatural aide he lived through tragedy.

When his naval ship crashed, Edward swam away from the spilled oil for a very long time until he saw a mysterious girl under the water.

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Water symbolizes everything about Edward because his life revolved around water and he later lives in water.

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Prompt: What does water symbolize about Edward's journey? 

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Prompt: What does water symbolize about Edward's journey? 

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Book: Big Fish