Period 5 10/12/15 The Biggest?Fish?in the River gets that way by?Never?Being?Caught In Tim Burton?s Movie, ?Big Fish,? he tries to display to his audience a story of an old man?s life. The old man tells stories to his son about his adventures when the old man was still in his prime. Through the stories and the obvious signs of symbolism, Tim Burtons attempts to convey to audiences that people who do not live in the moment are more successful than the ones that do.