As a human we experience reality and fantasy. Some people can say that fantasy is a sugarcoated truth of the reality that they experience. The truth is what a human being wakes up and sees everyday of his life. A fantasy is a personal envision that a person would love to be a reality. Dreams can be seen as fantasy, until a human presses toward the truth of the reality within that dream. Then that dream will become a truth within ones reality. In the film Big Fish, we are introduced to Edward Bloom who is now in the reality of his life on his deathbed and telling his son the sugar coated reality of his life. At first his son can only see facts and truth, black and white, and could not read between the lines of reality and fantasy. As the son lives on and intently listens to his father, he realizes that love, hope, and fantasy, fuels the truth of reality.
Furthermore, Edward Bloom is a Big Fish in a small town; his ambitions and talents are enormous compared to the city he was from. Bloom metaphorically characterizes his ambition as a giant that is terrorizing the city. This fantasy that Bloomed exemplified in his story was internally a reality in his life. Bloom's son could not see the truth of reality within his father’s fantasy of story telling. His son was confused about the reality of his father’s life and the truth. Bloom's son finally realized after talking to the doctor that his father's sugar coated story telling gave life and imputed hope in others, his son realized that life was not just about the facts and truth anymore but that love, hope, and fantasy, fuels the truth of reality.
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