Big Fish-The movie answers

1. The phrase "a big fish in a small pond" has a meaning of a very important person within a group of people.
2.He told the tall tale with the purpose of impressing everyone of his courage of trying to catch the big fish with his wedding ring
3.When William Bloom was young, he was impressed and amazed about the tall tale of his father telling the tale of catching the big fish. However, as he grew older, as he heard the same tale over and over again,he feels annoyed and embarrased as he believes his father is exxagerating to much on the story.This strained the relationship between the son and the father.
4.He feels that the tale was something he could feel proud of when he told it.
5.The The tale revealed that they were very close as his father said that he released the fish so that his son could catch it. But actually, the tale strained there relationship, as the son has heard it too many times and now feels embarassed when his father tells the tale
6.The tale of his father using his wedding ring as bait to catch the big fish in the lake. By telling it in this way, it makes the tale more entertaining, but also makes it less believable.
7.Bending or exxagerating the truth for the purpose of telling an entertaining story would undercut the believability of the story. However, a tall tale is still more valid than a straight reportage of the facts, but only if the bending and exxageration is not overboard. This would make it interesting, but yet still believable