2011 Term 1 Blog Post 1 - Narrative Activity: Literature & Life(Part 1)

It's the first blog post of my LA blog for 2011, YAY! So After watching the first seven minutes of the Tim Burton film "BIG FISH", we(2O4) had to answer some questions regarding the movie.

These are the questions and answers:

Q1) What does the phrase " a big fish in a small pond" mean to you?

Ans: To me, "a big fish in a small pond" means talent or potential not receiving the deserved recognition.

Q2) What is the purpose of Edward Bloom's tall tale about the big fish and the wedding ring?

Ans: He wants to relate to the audience through the story that the only way to catch an uncatchable woman, is with a wedding ring, just like how he did in the story.

Q3) How does William Bloom as a boy feel about his father's telling o the tale? How does this feeling change as he gets older?

Ans: He was always very excited and interested in the beginning, but as he grew older, he started to grow bored and sick of it.

Q4) Why does Edward Bloom feel the need to keep repeating the tale throughout his life?

Ans: He thinks that the audeience love the story, and wants to emphasise on the message by repeating it.

Q5) What does the tale reveal about the relationship between Edward and William Bloom?

Ans: The tale shows that Edward Bloom and his son had a very good relationship in the starting, as in the tale, when Edward had "caught the big fish", it was the day his son was born, and he also hesitated in the tale if he should actually catch the fish, as that would deprive his son of the chance to do so.

Q6) Consider the following quote: "In telling the story of my father's life, it's impossible to separate fact from fiction, the man from the myth. The best I can do is to tell it the way he told me. It doesn't always make sense, and most of it never happened, but that's what kind of story this is." What stories have you been told that match this description? What is the effect of telling a story in this way?"

Ans: Fables - Legend of the Seeker. It allows the audience to think and picture the story much easier, and thus easier to understand, and making the story more interesting and entertaining.

Q7) Does bending or exaggerating the truth for the purpose of conveying and entertaining story undercut the believability of such a story? Is a tall tale less valid than a straight reportage of the facts? Why or why not?

Ans: No. A straight reportage, though may be the exact true story, to the audience, is just coming from the same person. When someone tells a tall tale, the audience would have no idea in what is being told is exaggerated or not.

Well, those are my answers. Apart from this seven questions, we also had to analyze and answer soem questions on problems, and those will be on my next part of this blog post!