A Story Without Animals
In the book Life of Pi there are two different stories as to what happened after the sinking of the Tsimtsum, one with animals and one without animals. The author leaves it up to the reader to decide which story is true and which story is not. When looking at the facts in the story it should be obvious to the reader that the story without animals is the true story and that the story with animals was made up as a way for Pi to cope with the horrific events of the shipwreck. The second story is the true story due to Pi not being able to make up a detailed and gruesome story on the spot, the improbability of Pi surviving on a lifeboat with a fully grown tiger, and the similarities between the first and second story that can be explained with practical thinking. …show more content…
At the end of the book Pi is confronted by men from the Japanese Ministry of Transport and he tells them the story with animals but they don’t believe him and come up with some foolish points as to why the story isn’t true. Eventually they get Pi to tell them the second story. Before starting the second story Pi says, “You want dry, yeastless factuality.” (Pg. 302) Meaning that the story he is about to tell is factual. Pi then goes on to tell a story, while not as detailed as the one with animals, that is very detailed and couldn’t have been made up on the spot. For example when telling the second story Pi accounts the following experience “A line of blood struck me across the face… I held my mother’s head in my hands.” (Pg. 310) A horrific event like this couldn’t have just been made up, especially if it was involving Pi’s own
In the book Life of Pi there are two different stories as to what happened after the sinking of the Tsimtsum, one with animals and one without animals. The author leaves it up to the reader to decide which story is true and which story is not. When looking at the facts in the story it should be obvious to the reader that the story without animals is the true story and that the story with animals was made up as a way for Pi to cope with the horrific events of the shipwreck. The second story is the true story due to Pi not being able to make up a detailed and gruesome story on the spot, the improbability of Pi surviving on a lifeboat with a fully grown tiger, and the similarities between the first and second story that can be explained with practical thinking. …show more content…
At the end of the book Pi is confronted by men from the Japanese Ministry of Transport and he tells them the story with animals but they don’t believe him and come up with some foolish points as to why the story isn’t true. Eventually they get Pi to tell them the second story. Before starting the second story Pi says, “You want dry, yeastless factuality.” (Pg. 302) Meaning that the story he is about to tell is factual. Pi then goes on to tell a story, while not as detailed as the one with animals, that is very detailed and couldn’t have been made up on the spot. For example when telling the second story Pi accounts the following experience “A line of blood struck me across the face… I held my mother’s head in my hands.” (Pg. 310) A horrific event like this couldn’t have just been made up, especially if it was involving Pi’s own