Themes
Self-discovery: During the course of the book, Bink figures out what he really wants in a wife. Throughout the book Bink encounters different types of women; the extremely beautiful and extremely stupid Wynne, average Dee, extremely ugly and extremely intelligent Fanchon, and the illusory Iris. When Bink encounters Iris, he is intrigued at first. She seems to be everything he wants in a woman. She's beautiful and intelligent. However, Bink realizes it is all an illusion and is not enough. He comes to realize that what he really wants is variety, which he finds in Chameleon, who is in fact Wynne, Dee, and Fanchon. He also discovers the value of someone loving him for who he is.
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