Answers To Big Fish

1) The phrase "a big fish in a small pond" to me means: A powerful person in a insignificant environment.
2) Edward Bloom's purpose for telling the tale of the big fish and the wedding ring is to tell the audience that the only way to get a woman you love is to marry her.
3) When William was young he felt that his father's tales were fascinating, but as he gets older he thinks that his father was using the tale to show off his experience and were already too outdated.
4) Edward wants to remind his son to catch his own "fish" or to find his true love.
5) The tale reveals that Edward and William were very close when William was young, but as William gets older, their relationship gets unstable.
6) Telling a story this way allows the reader to easily discover that the story is a fiction but brings much excitement. Because most parts of the story are either not realistic or is over exaggerated.
7) Yes, bending or exaggerating the truth for the purpose of conveying an entertaining story undercuts the believability of a story. Yes, a tale is less valid than a straight reportage of the facts, because a tale maybe customised or edited in any ways the author likes, but a straight report shows the exact fact from the actual happening.