Perspective and belief will vary from person to person, but what will always remain the same is the truth. Yann Martel, in his book Life of Pi, shows that varying stories can convey the same truth and underlying message, in different ways. In the book, Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, tells two stories of his time stranded in the Pacific Ocean. In the first story he tells of how he is accompanied by animals that occasionally act like humans. The fact that Pi was able to survive in lifeboat with zoo animals, is unrealistic to some. At the end of the book, Pi reiterates the story; however, this time the characters are not animals with human character traits instead they are humans with animalistic characteristics. This story can be considered more realistic, but despite a person’s preference both stories convey the same truth.
The first story begins at part two of the book. The first event to occur is the sinking of the Tsimtsum. Pi’s mother, father, and brother, as well as the crew of the boat all go down with this ship. Pi is the only human that survives. He is, however, not the only life that makes it off the ship. Many animals for Pi’s father’s zoo were being transported on the ship, and four of these …show more content…
The truth is that the Tsimtsum sinks and Pi has no explanation for it, Pi tragically loses his whole family, he experiences the death of companions, and he is stranded at sea for 227 days. The other information that Pi gives is extraneous to the officials. From their perspective they only care about the sinking of the Tsimtsum. They want to know the reason why the ship sank, but they are not able to get this from either story. This leaves both the first story and the second story equally without value to the officials. All that matters is which one they find more interesting, entertaining, or better explains why Pi doesn’t know why the ship sunk. This is all up to
The first story begins at part two of the book. The first event to occur is the sinking of the Tsimtsum. Pi’s mother, father, and brother, as well as the crew of the boat all go down with this ship. Pi is the only human that survives. He is, however, not the only life that makes it off the ship. Many animals for Pi’s father’s zoo were being transported on the ship, and four of these …show more content…
The truth is that the Tsimtsum sinks and Pi has no explanation for it, Pi tragically loses his whole family, he experiences the death of companions, and he is stranded at sea for 227 days. The other information that Pi gives is extraneous to the officials. From their perspective they only care about the sinking of the Tsimtsum. They want to know the reason why the ship sank, but they are not able to get this from either story. This leaves both the first story and the second story equally without value to the officials. All that matters is which one they find more interesting, entertaining, or better explains why Pi doesn’t know why the ship sunk. This is all up to