Every story is a tapestry and every person can be the weaver. Big Fish tells the story of a young man who struggles with his father's tendency to mix fiction into his stories. After spending many years at odds, the tense couple find themselves faced with one last opportunity to make amends and, in doing so, discover that fiction doesn't always mean it's not true. Directed by Tim Burton, Big Fish explores the idea that there's a bit of a storyteller in all of us. Through Edward Bloom's hyperboles told through tales and ironic attempts at storytelling, we learn that anyone can become a storyteller. Humans tend to exaggerate, but hyperbole is just one way people try to make life more interesting. By exaggerating a story, they are not lying, but simply becoming storytellers and stretching the truth. Edward Bloom was no exception to human nature and told many distorted realities throughout his tales, including Karl the Giant. Karl was a real person that Edward Bloom met before leaving his hometown of Ashton, Alabama. There is a lot of truth to Edward's story, because in reality, Karl was actually quite tall, taller than the majority of most normal people. The only difference between the Karl in real life and the Karl Edward told in his stories was in his embellishments. At the funeral, Will saw Karl and realized that his father had not lied to him entirely, but had simply tried to make the story more interesting by exaggerating a few details. Will then learned that turning a few facts into hyperbole may not be as bad as he once thought, because at the end of the film, Will agrees with his son when asked if Karl was 15 feet. This is linked to the tendency to o...... middle of paper ......oment and reestablished the relationship he had with his father. The last person expected had let the inner storyteller out, even telling a hyperbole or two, proving that anyone can tell their story. No matter how big or small the inner storyteller is, there is one in every person. Whether they tell stories that are fictional or factual or a bit of both because of hyperbole, they have it in them even if they know it or not. Siamese twins, time stopping, giants and giant fish, and all the other hyperboles Edward recounts simply show that his storytelling mind has died down more than the others. On the other hand, the ironic situation of the realistic journalist recounting a very fictional fabrication showed that just because the inner storyteller isn't as popular and outgoing as Edward's doesn't mean you can't tell a story just as good. like his .