There are quite a few truths to the film “Big Fish”, which are perceived differently for many people. The truth is that Edward uses his large imagination to create a fantasy that represents his reality. Protagonist Edward Bloom tells his stories from the time that he was born all the way up to adulthood, in a manner that no sane person could bring himself or herself to believe. Yet, when you look beneath the exaggerations and metaphors of Ed’s stories, the truth is in some way there. Edward doesn’t like to give away the truth easily; instead, he appreciates using his imagination to express what was happening at that time of his life so that the listener experiences what his emotions were at that time and learns a lesson as well. "I've been nothin' but myself since the day I was born, and if you can't see that it's your failin', not mine.” Edward explains to his son; this quote demonstrates Edwards’s feelings on Will’s opinion of him. The truth of the story is that Edward tells his stories in puzzle pieces; you have to put the pieces together to see the bigger picture. Another truth within “Big Fish” is that Edward Bloom has always been a step behind his ideas. At the beginning of the movie he arrives at Spectre at an early point in his life, so he sets off to see the rest of the world first. Edward finally meets Sandra after three years of working towards finding her. This is the right time to go back to Spectre to live there with Sandra- but the military is in need of him and Edward is recruited for war. He is late once again returning from the war when his wife thinks he is already dead. Sandra then gives birth to Edwards’s son, to which he is regrettably late for also. This is the right time for Edward to look after his son Will, yet to his surprise he discovers Spectre is run down and no longer the prosperous town he once knew seemingly due to his absence. He tries to fix this concluding to abandoning his son.