Please post your thoughts about theme here:
For this post you should remember, and do, the following:
-Theme cannot be one word--it should be a phrase (however this phrase should not be an aphorism or a cliche)
-You should reference specific characters, motifs, and symbols and discuss how they bring the theme of the work out.
-Make sure that your writing adheres to the rules of good writing: you do not need to say "I Think" nor should you include sentences/ideas that can be related to any topic. You must make the center of this entire response about Big Fish.
-Make sure you do the little things write: spell check, put titles in italics, use proper names when you can, etc. Along those same lines, maybe it would be wise to write your responses in Microsoft Word and then cut and past them to the blog.
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Not using one’s imagination, only seeing the untruth vs. Accepting fictional or exaggerated stories and starting to believe in them. Will does not have a strong relationship with his father solely due to the fact that Ed lies and he feels he doesn’t know his own father because of those lies. If Will had an imagination when his dad told the stories and had fun thinking about the flavor added to them, their relationship would not have been so shattered. We can all see that something may not be truthful, but then we have the power to accept how the story has been altered and start going along with it and believing in it. We all believe there are big fish, but it is difficult to believe the stories about the big fish that were told by Edward Bloom. But it doesn’t affect us if we believe the stories of how Ed caught the beast or how he turned into an immortal fish. If somebody believes in something that may seem so absurd to us, there is no reason for us not to accept it and then not try to believe it ourselves.
A theme in Big Fish is that even though stories we say may not be true, it can keep you going. Some of those stories might even turn out to be true. A motif in this movie is the hanging shoes. Edward thinks that he needs his shoes at first to leave Specter, however, he soon discovers that they are not necessary, plus, fish do not wear shoes. That’s why when he leaves to go into the river he gives his shoes to Josephine to throw on the wire, because he’ll never need them again. Fish and water is definitely an ongoing theme. They also keep Edward Bloom going because whenever he has water he starts to feel better. The fish is symbolic, because the fish actually turns out to be Edward Bloom. He was always the one who was hard to track down. He was always on the road. He was always meant for a bigger pond. Edward Bloom always knew how he was going to die. He didn’t like the real way, so he let his son, Will, make another version for him, one where he finally becomes the fish. The key that Edward Bloom was given was actually the key to the town Specter, this key opened doors for him and gave him new experiences. Whenever Edward found the key, which was twice, he would somehow find Specter. Since Edward knew he was always meant for bigger things, doors and new opportunities were always opening for him.
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