If given the opportunity to grow, most people take the chance and grow
and learn as much as they can; hence give a goldfish a bigger bowl and it will
grow. Once Will realized his father was not telling lies for the sake of
attention Will then understood and respected his father more, allowing him to
grow. This was important for the reason being that a son was struggling to get
to know his dyeing father. He sat down and even asked him to show his real self
instead of hiding behind his stories. But Edward was already one with his
stories, he always was.
Once he accepted his father for who he was Will grew as a person, and
also his love for his father also grew. This was Will’s fishbowl growing. Mystery
does allow the mind to wander, guess, and explore a limitless journey. Without
mystery life would be boring; the perfect example of this was when Will found
out the “real” story of the day he was born from the family doctor. He realized
the real story is not as fun and exciting as the embellished story his father
tells over and over. Towards the end of the movie when Edward asks his son to
tell him how he dies the movie comes full circle almost as we understand that
the man and his stories are not two separate entities, but one being. You
cannot separate Edward from the stories more than the stories from Edward. At
the end, the embellished final story of Edwards life is how becomes the big
fish that he has always been.
Edward was trying to
teach his son Will how to love life, but I also think he was trying to help him
understand that life is made up of amazing moments and also crazy moments that
build character. Even if the event didn’t happen the way you tell the story it
does not matter because the adventure of the story being told is what matters.
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