Big Fish Reflection

I give this movie a six out of five-star rating. How it managed to keep me on the edge of my seat the entire time is beyond me; I am still in disbelief that I was fully engaged for the entire two hours and twenty-six minutes. Although I had heard many great things about the novel, the film exceeded all of my expectations. The Natural teaches many valuable lessons about perseverance, determination, commitment, karma, relationships, and staying young at heart.

In ‘Edward Scissorhands’, Edward goes through new experiences that show his individuality and how he is different to all the community. In the film, characters such as Joyce and Jim firstly rejected Edward as he was different, they then adored him as he did unique art such as hairdressing, gardening, grooming dogs, cutting meat and ice sculpting. Once Edward discovered his talents, he became very popular amongst the community. They used him so that they would have an easier life, but then when he did something wrong he was then rejected again. Being the individual Edward was in the community, he experienced so many new things such as his growing relationship with Kim. His new experiences with Kim made him learn what true feelings for a girl really was. As great as being and individual is with all this said however, being an individual can also be dangerous in a way, as you would get judged by others around you for being yourself. Edward in the beginning of the film had that exact problem, everyone would be judging him for having scissors as hands and would think of him as a scary monster. The reason Edward went to the community in the first place was because of Peg. Peg

This is contradictory to the son of Edward Bloom who only wants to know the truth as he feels that he deserves it from years of fictional stories. I prefer the fictional story over the truth as it allows for me to delve into the creative mind of Edward while simultaneously enjoying its bizarre and outlandish plot.

Last but not least, Edward Bloom is at fault for the poor relationship built up over the years of him and son mainly by the reason of him choosing his dream and job over his family. As Edward pursues his dream of becoming a great man, he was rarely at home. William even referred to their home in Edward’s eyes as a “refueling station” (fifteen).

As a young person, I don’t really notice how quickly the world changes and advances around me, because I’m changing and growing right along with it. Lillian Boxfish, the elderly title character in the novel Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney, does. Her age, a focal point in the novel, allows Lillian to view the world as she remembers it, while at times preventing her from appreciating it as it is. On New Year’s Eve in 1984, Lillian decides to ring in the new by remembering the old with a walk around her beloved New York City. As she walks, she thinks of the city as she once knew it and sees the city it has become, reliving memories both good and bad. In particular, Lillian is struck by how easily the city embraces new culture

Edward has a way of exaggerating and making up stories for William, which makes it hard for William to trust Edward. The negative impact of his storytelling is explicitly shown when Edward is dying in “My Father’s Death: Take 1”. Edward is about to pass away when he tries to tell William another story, “‘I’ve heard about the two-headed lady,’ I say, shaking him gently by the shoulder. ‘I don’t want to hear about her anymore, Dad. Okay?’” (Wallace 23). This is one of their last moments together and Edward is unable to talk to his own son about anything but his melodramatic stories. William desires to truly know his father, but Edward can’t open up to him. He doesn’t know a lot about Edward other than his stories, so he craves to learn more about who Edward really is. William wants an authentic relationship with his father with a deeper connection. His father’s stories deflect and create distance so they can’t have a true connection. Edward is about to die and he begins to talk about more of his stories and how he was away a lot and William

“The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn.” Whale talk is a story of a kid named T.J and some of his friends that go through a life of a teenager. In the story Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher, people who have been through traumatic events cope with challenges in their lives by overcoming, forgetting, or learning.

Going into your first year of college is like going on a rollercoaster in an amusement park, you think it’s going to be scary, but it truly isn’t. You ride up a couple of hills, thinking it’s all fine and dandy but then it all seems to go downhill. Fast. And once you start moving faster, and faster, you feel like it will never end. That’s what it felt like for me in english class, there were sometimes everything felt easy and I’m essentially going uphill, but then I have to do an essay, and It all goes downhill. One problem that my professors have told me is I have the bad case of “Engfish”. Which I never saw as a bad thing, until I read the Michael Colson and Ken Macrorie perspective on “What is Engfish”.

The inciting incident is where the story all begin, the fight at Will’s wedding is a point of focus for the conflict and sets up the central dramatic question of how can this father and son relationship reconcile? And by the time his father is dying, the question will be and this father and son reconcile in that time and before his father die? Big fish has two parallel stories is Edward in the past and Will in the present. At the moment where Edward leave the small town of Ashton along with Karl the giants is doesn’t have much to do with the central dramatic ideal and question of the movie. But it is a more significant moment, young Edward no longer fears death and the in the present Edward is now dying from cancer. The first culmination is Edward and Sandra romance, Edward spend quite lot of times quest to find Sandra. In the mean time in the present, William suspects his father has been cheating, and may have found proof. The main culmination is when will clean out his father’s office and sees a document about Jenny from Specter. He thinks that this is a woman who his father had an affair. He drove to Specter to meet Jenny, Jenny told Will that his father has been faithful to his mother, Will would finally have a conversation to his father but his father can’t, he had a stroke. The part at the hospital, Edward wake up and telling his son how he dies but panics and he is unable to tell the story. So Will takes over his father’s storytelling and begins telling an amazing fantastical story of how his father will die. This is the crucial moment. Will have to create one of his father’s stories on the

Tim Burton’s Big Fish has elements of fables, fairy-tales, and tall-tales. At first, these elements dimish the relationship between Will and his father, Edward. However, towards the end of the film and of Edwards’ life Will discovers the truth behind the myths and starts to understand why his father is the way that he is.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

“The squid and the Whale” is a very honest and most vulnerable, revealing, sympathy evoking for the children who go through disturbing emotional turbulence while having to deal with parent’s divorce. Of course there is now convincing evidence to suggest that marital distress, conflict, and disruption are associated with a wide range of deleterious effects on children, including depression, withdrawal, poor social competence, health problems, poor academic performance, and a variety of conduct-related difficulties ( P. A. Cowan & Cowan, 1987)

The book Big Fish and its movie adaptation shows the importance of how different factors help to improve the story. This book tells of the legendary stories of Edward Bloom, narrated by his son, William. The tales of Edward Bloom seem fictitious and far too amusing to be real. His son is determined to find the truth in his father's stories in order to understand who his father truly was behind his fantastic stories. The movie does not fail in its interpretation of the novel, in fact the movie could very well be even better. The addition of new scenes and the focus on Edward's love life help the movie tell the story in it's own way, showcasing the brilliance of the art of cinematography. Although the movie takes a different approach from the

Growing up in the United States, there are many things that I had just accepted as the norm. Eating a diet heavy in meat and dairy are staples in the diet of the average American that those who differ are considered strange. Interestingly, the United States is also referred to as one of the unhealthiest nations in the world. How could we be so unhealthy, when we are such a developed country that has access to the best medical care and information. The documentary “Forks Over Knives” focuses on exactly this point. It claims that there is a fundamental problem with the diet of Americans, particularly our heavy consumption of meat and dairy. This documentary asserts that the cure for all of our health related problems is to switch to a whole

Have you ever wanted to own your own island? Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, we will never be friends? Well , this story might change your mind. Island of the Blue Dolphins was written by Scott O’Dell. It was published in 1960. This book is based on a true story, but it's not all factual.