Edward Will's Life Revealed In The Film, Big Fish

The movie, Big Fish, mainly focused on a father, William Bloom, and son, Edward Bloom, relationship. William was a fanatic storyteller, much to the dismay of his son. Edward felt like he never truly got to know who his father really was; all he knew were the stories. Edward’s stories he told his son were not harmful, nor were they unimportant; they taught life lessons and were important bonding moments between father and son. All throughout Will’s life, his father’s main method of communication was by story. When Will was younger, he believed these stories without question. Yet, as Edward grew up, he eventually realized that the stories could not be true. With this realization came feelings of betrayal and mistrust. When Edward asked his

Edward, not believing his father, ended up becoming so estranged from him that they did not talk to each other for three years. In this moment, William’s stories were harmful to Edward, they caused the relationship to fall apart. However, this was not always the case, as the stories had earlier created a sense of awe and wonder between them. In addition, the whole point of Edward’s stories were to teach life lessons to his son. All of the stories that Edward told were only hyped up versions of what really happened. In reality, Edward had an extremely difficult life. He was a big star in his home town of Ashton, but decided to leave. Along that path he ended up working in a circus and meeting the love of his life, whom he lost. After working for three years at that circus, learning one thing about her from the ringmaster, Amos Calloway, he finally gathers enough information to find her. The final bit of information was her name, Sandra Templeton. Edward set out to find her only to learn that she was already engaged, and to another person from Ashton, Edward’s rival, Don Price. This did not