Big Fish Padlet by Demetri Ioakimidis https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99 Padlet about Big Fish en-us 2016-11-02 14:52:16 UTC 2025-11-19 14:32:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Prompt: Is Edward Bloom a Hero? ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134801111 Book: Big Fish

]]> 2016-11-02 14:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134801111 Map 1: Edward is not a good family man. ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134802038 Throughout the book, Edward is in and out of his family's life almost every day. He only stays at his home for nights at a time, and rarely sees William. When he dies, you can tell he knows he was not a good father.]]> 2016-11-02 14:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134802038 Thesis Statement ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134803568 Edward Bloom is not a hero, but has many hero traits. He choses when to be a hero and when not to be based on his family relations.]]> 2016-11-02 15:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134803568 Map 2: Edward had 2 families at the same time, and cheated on his wife. ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134803864 In the book, Edward Bloom falls in love twice. He starts families with both women, causing his time spent with William to significantly decrease.]]> 2016-11-02 15:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134803864 Map 3: Edward's stories are sometimes exaggerated. ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134805613 According to some of the stories told, Edward does things that are impossible. One example of this includes being able to stay under water for 10 minutes without air, something that clearly cannot happen. He is also only made to look like a hero in his stories, not in real life.]]> 2016-11-02 15:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134805613 ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134807359 2016-11-02 15:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134807359 Quote 3:“When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.” ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134812731 In Edward's stories he is made out to be a god-like figure who can do anything. Obviously these are exaggerated, so although he is made out to be a hero, in reality, he is normal.]]> 2016-11-02 15:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/134812731 Conclusion ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135120043 Although Edward saved the lives of many people, and risked his own to save others, he was not responsible to the people who should be the most important in his life. This being true makes it so he is not a hero, but has traits that most heroes have]]> 2016-11-03 15:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135120043 ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135121905 2016-11-03 15:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135121905 Quote 1: “My father is on the roof. This is how I remember him sometimes. Well-dressed in a dark suit and shiny, slippery shoes, he is looking left, looking right, looking as far as his eyes will travel. Then, looking down, he sees me, and just as he begins to fall he smiles, and winks. All the way down he's looking at me–smiling, mysterious, mythic, an unknown quantity: my dad.”  ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135279163 William admits in this quote that his dad makes himself very mysterious. He is never around, so William describes him as an "unknown quantity." A good father would make sure his son knows everything possible about him]]> 2016-11-04 02:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135279163 Quote 2: They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. ioakimidisd20 https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135283090 2016-11-04 04:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ioakimidisd20/r3xrrd3j2r99/wish/135283090