Edward Scissorhands

Topic: What does the film suggest about the ways in which an individual fulfills a desire to act independently?

“Peace, Freedom, and Self Discovery” Once in every part of this world, there were a huge number of people who fought and took the risk of giving up their lives to restore the freedom they need to live without other’s control and authority. Being free means having the ability to do something without rules and restrictions. However, even given the freedom they deserve, some people crave for something more, this is called independence. Independence is the condition of an individual to live without depending on other people and to act without other person’s ideas or opinions. In an American Romantic Fantasy film directed by Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands, the meaning of independence is greatly exemplified. The movie shows the story of an unfinished creation, named Edward, who is living in an isolated gothic castle and who has scissors as his hands. Being virtually kind and hurtless, he is taken home by Peg Boggs, a local Avon saleswoman, who happens to stop by in the castle and found Edward there. Pegg’s husband Bill and his young son Kevin sincerely accepts and welcomes him home, He falls in love with Kim, Pegg’s beautiful daughter, who initially feels terrified when he first met Edward in her room. Being skilled at hedge-trimming and having an amazing ability to cut hair, he becomes friends with the whole neighbourhood. He later becomes involved in a crime and accused of something he did not do causing the main characters to think independently and go back to the world they used to be. The film has emphatically emphasized that the act of living and thinking independently is a way to self-discovery and self-reliance and that may lead a person to serenity, mental freedom, and less complicated life. Having a life with freedom and independence deserved is a necessity in every human existence to personally discover oneself especially to