What is Edward Bloom's vision of success and greatness from Big Fish by Daniel Wallace?

Edward Bloom's vision of greatness takes one form when he is younger and changes over time into another vision when he matures and becomes a father. According to William, Edward's son, Edward the child and young man, sees successful accomplishment of many different goals and challenges as a vision of greatness, but later in life, he wants to be remembered as a great man who did great things.
Daniel Wallace, the author of Big Fish, uses many mythological allusions to emphasize Edward's greatness when he encounters challenges as a child and a young man. Hyperbole works with these allusions to emphasize Edward's larger-than-life ability and personality; for example, when Edward is bedridden, he reads to pass the time, and over several months, he reads a thousand books. The weather changes dramatically in response to Edward's birth and milestones. Later in life, Edward somehow avoids being attacked by a particularly aggressive dog when he tries to walk through a town, suggesting he has a unique power over animals. Edward's powers of observation and persuasion are prodigious, powers that better suit a young god , rather than a mere mortal. In his own eyes, Edward sees himself as great thanks to his ability to take on difficult tasks successfully.
Of course, the reader learns about these stories through William, Edward's son, and William heard them all from Edward, his father. Through William's telling, the reader can gather that Edward wants to be remembered as a great man of many successes. The emotional depth and the significance of Edward's desire, later in life, to be remembered well is poignant when it is understood within the context of the family problems that afflict the Blooms. Edward turns out to be a cheating husband, which calls into question his other promises and claims, and by the end of the novel, Edward's vision of success is tempered. If, after all the hurt and disappointment, he can be remembered by his son as a great man, perhaps that will be enough.