1. The phrase “a big fish in a small pond” means that someone is outstanding within a group of people.
2. He wanted to let people know that in order to catch an uncatchable woman, you have to offer her a wedding ring.
3. As a boy, William Bloom was interested in his father’s telling of the tale. However, as he gets older, he felt that his father’s telling of the story was getting more and more boring and feels annoyed whenever his father wanted to tell him the story.
4. He felt proud of himself whenever he told the story and he wanted to emphasise the message of catching an uncatchable woman using a wedding ring.
5. The tale revealed that Edward and William Bloom were very close to each other because Edward actually released the fish after catching it so that William could catch the fish again. However, after Edward told William the tale many times, the relationship between the father and son was strained and both of them ignored each other for three years.
6. Myths. We would not know if the event really took place in the past, or whether it was made up. Thus, we would not know whether or not to believe the story.
7. Yes, bending or exaggerating the truth for the purpose of conveying an entertaining story does undercut the believability of such a story and a tall tale is less valid than a straight reportage of the facts. By bending or exaggerating the truth for the purpose of conveying an entertaining story, the reader may find it hard to believe the story and think that the story is fictional.
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