Anyone Can Become A Story Teller

684 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Imagination in literature

Every story is a tapestry and every person can be the weaver . Big Fish is about a young man who struggles with his father’s tendency to blend fiction into his stories. Having spent many years at odds with each other, the tense pair is faced with one last opportunity to make amends and in the process find out that fiction doesn’t always mean it’s not true. Directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish explores the idea that there is a bit of storyteller in us all . Through Edward Bloom’s hyperboles told through tall tales and some ironic story telling endeavors, one learns that anyone can become a story teller.
Humans have a tendency to overstate, but hyperboles are just people’s way of trying to make life more interesting. By exaggerating a story, they are not lying, but simply becoming story tellers and stretching the truth. Edward Bloom was no exception to human nature and told many distorted realities throughout his tales, one of which being Karl the Giant. Karl was an actual person whom Edward Bloom actually met before he left his hometown, Ashton, Alabama. There is a great amount of truth found in Edward’s story, for in reality, Karl actually was quite tall, taller than majority of most normal people. The only difference between the Karl in real life and the Karl Edward told in his stories was his embellishments. At the funeral, Will saw Karl and realized that his father hadn’t been entirely lying to him, but had just tried to make the story more interesting by exaggerating a couple of the details. Will then learned that maybe turning a couple of the facts into hyperboles aren’t as bad as he once thought, for at the end of the film, Will agrees with his son when asked if Karl was 15 feet tall. This is related to the tendency o...

... middle of paper ...

...oment and restored the relationship he had with his father. The last expected person had let his inner story teller out, even telling a hyperbole or two, proving that anyone can tell their story.
No matter how big or small one's inner story teller may be there is one in every person. Whether they tell fictional stories or factual stories or a little bit of both due to hyperboles, they have it in them even if they know it or not. The conjoined twins, time stopping , giants and giant fish, and all the other hyperboles Edward told just showed that his story telling spirit went out more than others. On the other hand, the ironic situation of the realistic journalist telling the very fictitious fabrication showed that just because your inner story teller isn’t as popular and outgoing than Edward’s doesn’t mean that you can’t tell a story that’s just as good as his .

Show More
Related

  • Urban Legend of Mount de Sales Academy

    886 Words  | 2 Pages

    The storyteller had not witnessed the strange happenings at the school but claimed to know someone who had seen the disturbances. As a performance, the telling of this story was very matter a fact and my friend did not self-aggrandize; the performance was quick, to the point, but not particularly dramatic. The storyteller told the legend as fact and was not melodramatic about her role as storyteller.

    Read More

  • Four Fish Summary

    505 Words  | 2 Pages

    The book has vivid imagery making the reader imaging as if her or she was their right beside him in his whole investigation. Such as “In the winter of 1978, through, a fierce blizzard hit southern Connecticut. Temperatures were often below zero and at one point it snowed for thirty-three hours straight. Perhaps it was the cold that killed the fish, or the copper sulfate I helped the caretaker drag through the pond the previous summer to manage the algal blooms, or maybe even the fishermen id noticed trespassing on the estate one day, scoping out my grounds. But whatever caused it, after that never again did I spot a living fish in that pond again.”(Greenberg 12-13). This quote shows how good his imagery, tone, and diction is, when I read it all I could think of is that storm and the pond. The author has an excellent writing style and keeps the reader wanting more. Even though the book has a lot of good things for it the only thing I would tell the author would to give more connections of him to the story. It says “The transformation of salmon and sea bass from kingly and holiday wild fish into everyday farmed variants is a trend that continues with different animals around the globe.”(Greenberg 195). In every chapter about each of the fish it gives some connections to him but it would make it even

    Read More

  • What Are The Similarities Between Big Fish And The Educated Imagination

    915 Words  | 2 Pages

    Northrop Frye is the author of The Educated Imagination. The book talks about literature and methods that improve and enthralls the reader from common fallacies, to how an author can manipulate what is put in the text. These lesson can be put to use outside in the real world such as advertising. These can also be connected to other media pieces such as other books and movies. The movie Big Fish directed by Tim Burton is one of those media pieces that can be connected to Northrop Frye work. The movie is about a son who trying to learn more about his dying father by listening to stories and myths about his life. The purpose of this reflection is to show that in the educated imagination the chapter

    Read More

  • Use of Literary Techniques by Jon Krakauer When Writing Into the Wild

    1574 Words  | 4 Pages

    ...if his choice of details was intentional or not he told the story to the point that the reader can feel as if they are apart of it.

    Read More

  • Structuralism In Tim Burton's Big Fish

    2069 Words  | 5 Pages

    Most people in society simply go about their daily business with their heads down, few actually try and take matters into their own hands and make a real change, but among the rarest of people, are the men and women like Edward Bloom. He is the main protagonist in Tim Burton's "Big Fish", who, on his deathbed, attempts to reconnect with his distant son by telling him the extraordinary and dramatized story of his life. Through the structuralism lens, the truth of the story is that Edward Bloom is a larger than life character who impacts all those he meets along his journey. This truth is revealed through: the setting of the circus, the conflict that Edward experiences during the Korean War, the character of Karl, the town of Ashton, and finally

    Read More

  • Antwone Fisher

    449 Words  | 1 Pages

    Based on a true story, this biographical drama centered around Antwone “Fish” Fisher. In the beginning of the story, he was a sailor prone to violent outbursts. On the verge of being kicked out of the Navy for repeated fighting, he is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing to open up, Dr. Davenport slyly slips his way into getting Antwone to talk. Antwone eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood with neglect and abuse. With the help of Dr. Davenport, he is able to face his past and strive for success to find the family he has never met. At the same time, he is able to turn his life around and change it dramatically. In the end, he is reunited with both his father’s side of the family and his mother who has abandoned him.

    Read More

  • Comparing Forgiveness And Justice

    839 Words  | 2 Pages

    On his uncle to make him feel the vulnerability his father felt when he was murdered and taken

    Read More

  • Imagery and Diction in The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop

    1255 Words  | 3 Pages

    A fish is a creature that preceded the creation of man on this planet. Therefore, Bishop supplies the reader with a subject that is essentially constant and eternal, like life itself. In further examination of this idea the narrator is, in relation to the fish, very young, which helps introduce the theme of deceptive appearances in conjunction with age by building off the notion that youth is ignorant and quick to judge. Bishop's initial description of the fish is meant to further develop this theme by presenting the reader with a fish that is "battered," "venerable," and "homely." Bishop compares the fish to "ancient wallpaper.

    Read More

  • What Is The Difference Between Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

    976 Words  | 2 Pages

    he was able to come to the realization that he is not as honest or brave as he

    Read More

  • The Truth about Stories

    2174 Words  | 5 Pages

    In “The Truth about Stories”, Thomas King, demonstrate connection between the Native storytelling and the authentic world. He examines various themes in the stories such as; oppression, racism, identity and discrimination. He uses the creational stories and implies in to the world today and points out the racism and identity issues the Native people went through and are going through. The surroundings shape individuals’ life and a story plays vital roles. How one tells a story has huge impact on the listeners and readers. King uses sarcastic tone as he tells the current stories of Native people and his experiences. He points out to the events and incidents such as the government apologizing for the colonialism, however, words remains as they are and are not exchanged for actions. King continuously alerts the reader about taking actions towards change as people tend to be ignorant of what is going around them. At the end people give a simple reason that they were not aware of it. Thus, the author constantly reminds the readers that now they are aware of the issue so they do not have any reason to be ignorant.

    Read More

  • Mise-en-Scene in Edward Scissorhands

    848 Words  | 2 Pages

    ...As we are examining the people on the screen, we are viewing ourselves. Burton produces a “perfect” figure of Edward who is kind, caring, and signifies the most striking feelings of individuals. In addition, his evil appearance exists only because humanity says that he is unusual. Burton wants us, as the audience, to be conscious of ourselves as a part of the social order, and to cautiously consider the realism we decide to accept as true and exist in.

    Read More

  • Perspective of Nick Carraway, Narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

    1535 Words  | 4 Pages

    This is the first sign that we can trust this narrator to give us an even-handed insight to the story that is about to unfold. But, as we later learn, he neither reserves all judgments nor does his tolerance reach its’ limit.

    Read More

  • Edward's Death

    1446 Words  | 3 Pages

    Edward’s detachment from society is the result of a floozy’s lie, a deranged woman’s religious claims, and a teen with an inflated ego that all seem to hate Edward because of his differences and because they cannot tell what he is and what his intentions are. Edward is a good person and he is not even a real human being. He is more kind and uncorrupt then the real human beings who live in the community. It matters to Joyce, Esmeralda, and Jim that Edward be definable and that they can recognize him as something with emotions and motives. However, Edward does not make any sense to any of them at all and their prejudices continue to exist because they do not and will not take the time to figure out that Edward’s differences are actually not as horrific as they make them out to be.

    Read More

  • Big Fish Movie And Book Comparison

    736 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace, we are told the story of Edward Bloom, a man of many adventures, who is somewhat of a myth. Big Fish is a collection of the tall tales Edward tells his son about his life, and also of the effect his tales had on his son. The novel comes from an American author from Alabama, while the movie comes from Hollywood and is directed by Tim Burton, who is also American. This story is not an ancient sacred text, so the story’s function(s) is to entertain and to make money.

    Read More

  • The Stories of Samuel Clemens

    1060 Words  | 3 Pages

    ... dispel the myths but he only ends up amplifying the interest in the man. The man never intended for the story to be believable. He even tried to make it so farfetched that the people dismissed it on their own but they still believed. The character then must carry on with the story so that he does not look like a complete liar. The philosophical reasoning behind the story is that no one should lie in any sort of scenario because the results of the lie may end by blowing up in their face.

    Read More

More about Anyone Can Become A Story Teller

Open Document