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This is probably what he thought of his dad after hearing about this story

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This is probably what he thought of his dad after hearing about this story

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This picture represents the power William thought his dad had

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This picture represents the power William thought his dad had

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Quote #3: " so she told my father that she would be grateful if he could but find her eye and return it to her. My father made a vow there and then that he would do it and he left her home in search for the eye that very day" (pg 58)

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Quote #3: " so she told my father that she would be grateful if he could but find her eye and return it to her. My father made a vow there and then that he would do it and he left her home in search for the eye that very day" (pg 58)

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Quote #2: "Edward was able to thrust his hand through the dog's hair and skin and into the body proper, clutching and finally ripping out his massive beating heart" (pg 99)

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Quote #2: "Edward was able to thrust his hand through the dog's hair and skin and into the body proper, clutching and finally ripping out his massive beating heart" (pg 99)

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Quote #1: " And that is when I discovered that my father hadn't been dying after all. He was just changing, transforming himself into something new and different to carry his life  forward in" (pg 180)

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Quote #1: " And that is when I discovered that my father hadn't been dying after all. He was just changing, transforming himself into something new and different to carry his life  forward in" (pg 180)

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Here William accepts the fact that his dad is now gone in his own way. He believes that he turned into a fish and that he is still alive. The transformation from man to fish could represent man's transformation after death.

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When change occurs people cope with it in different ways. They way the story was written I felt that these stories were the product of William trying to cope with the change of his father's death

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The whole story where Edward had to steal a glass eye from a fraternity and return it to a magical old lady also seemed like a tall tale

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When Edward Bloom punched the heart out of a dog who was terrorizing the town seemed to be a bit of an exaggeration

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In an alternate universe where Bruce Wayne is shot in the ally instead of his parents, his parents have different reactions to this change. Bruce's mom reacts to this change by going crazy and lying to herself that this is one big joke.

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During the fourth take on his father's death William tells us that his father instead of dying he turns into a big catfish. As a reader I was very skeptical of this actually happening. I think what really happened is that he died and William lied to himself saying that he turned into a fish

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The author's message about change is that change can sometimes be scary and you sometimes run away from it by lying to yourself about older times

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What is the author's message about change?