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. After spending many years at odds with each other, the tense couple faces one final opportunity to make amends and in the process discover that pretend doesn't always mean it's not true. Directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish explores the idea that there is a bit of a storyteller in all of us. Through Edward Bloom's hyperbole told through fantastical stories and some wry efforts at story-telling, one learns that anyone can become a storyteller. Humans have a tendency to exaggerate, but hyperbole is just people's way of trying to make life more interesting. By exaggerating a story, they are not lying, but simply become storytellers and distort the truth. Edward Bloom was no exception to human nature and told many distorted realities in his stories, one of which is Karl the Giant. Karl was a real person who Edward Bloom actually met before leaving his hometown of Ashton, Alabama. There is a great deal of truth in Edward's story, because Karl was actually quite tall, taller than most normal people. The only difference between the real-life Karl and the Karl Edward told in his stories were his embellishments. At the funeral, Will saw Karl and realized that his father hadn't completely lied to him, but had only tried to make the story more interesting by exaggerating a couple of details. Will then learned that maybe turning a couple of facts into hyperbole isn't as bad as he once thought, because at the end of the movie, Will agrees with his son when asked if Karl was 15 feet tall. This is related to the tendency to ...... middle of paper ......oment and restore the relationship he had with his father. The last person expected had let his inner storyteller out, even telling a hyperbole or two, proving that anyone can tell their own story. No matter how big or small the inner storyteller may be, there is one in every person. Whether they're telling fictional stories or real stories or a little of both because of the hyperbole, they have it in them whether they know it or not. The Siamese twins, time standing still, giants and giant fish, and all the other hyperbole Edward told simply demonstrated that his narrative spirit was expressed more than others. On the other hand, the ironic situation of the realistic journalist telling a very fictional fabrication demonstrated that just because your inner narrator isn't as popular and outgoing as Edward's doesn't mean you can't tell an equally good story. as his .