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Journal of William Goldmans The Princess BrideThe princess bride is an incredibly socialize book. Although it was written mostly as a parody it contains m some(prenominal) themes. The developments seen in the dynamic characters are astounding ones. The theme, or motif, which Im going to follow through with(predicate) the story is that of Fezzik and his quest for ego confidence and a good self image. From the time that the novel starts to the end, Fezzik achieves a good self image. He starts egress with a very low self image and, by the end, he finds in himself talents that give him a better image of himself.To begin with, Vizzini never allows Fezzik to provide an sort of input or to think in either way. When Fezzik, inigo and Vizzini first kidnap buttercup, Fezzik attempts to offer some good ideas, but Vizzini leave alone have none of it. I think we should kill her now, the Turk said.The less you think, the happier Ill be, The Scilian answered. (Page 83)And later on the same p age&8230the Turk mumbled. people are always thinking that Im so thickheaded because Im big and strong and sometimes drool a little when I get excited.The reason people think youre so stupid, the Scilian said, is because you are so stupid. It has nothing to do with your drooling. Vizzini manages, with his constant verbal attacks on Fezzik to destroy any shred of confidence that Fezzik may have had before. Vizzinis ego is getting in the way of Fezzik. From a very young age Fezzik was taunted by his train mates. At first, naturally, they were scared to death (even then Fezzik looked fierce) but once they found out(a) he was chicken, well, they werent about to let an opportunity like that get aside&8230it would go on like that until Fezzik would burst into tears and run away. volume never gave Fezzik any sort of chance. He has always been considered a saphead out loud. Luckily he had his rhymes to comfort him.When Vizzini dies, although it leaves Fezzik in a crowd of despair, it is probably the best thing for him. The stopping of Vizzinis verbal attacks allow to kind his confidence. I think that the first big confidence building mystify for Fezzik is when Inigo begs him for help. From page 224&8230Fly, Fezzik this is Inigo begging you-- make a path&8212please Well, Fezzik had seldom had anyone beg him for anything, least of all Inigo,