Life_Of_Pi__Which_Story_Is_Better

Life Of Pi: Which Story Is Better Life of Pi: Which story is better' By: Fatima J Life of Pi, by Yaan Martel, is a novel set out to argue the case for imaginative fiction. He says that “people sacrifice … imagination on the altar of crude reality and … end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams” (page11). Martel questions whether fiction is believable and realistic. By providing two stories, the Japanese officials and the readers are faced with the question of deciding which of the two stories is better. The Japanese officials end up choosing the first story, simply because it is the “better story”, or in Pi’s words the “story that goes with god” (page 352). What makes the first story the better story are the animals, especially Richard Parker who accompanied Pi throughout his journey to Mexico and simply just his survival story at sea. The first story is more interesting because shows how Pi remains faithful and practises his three religions all throughout the story. The presence Richard Parker on the lifeboat makes the story interesting because it is very bizarre and uncommon for a human being to survive two hundred and seventy-seven days on the same lifeboat with a tiger. However, Pi pi, story, sea, because, god, richard, parker, page, makes, interesting, first, acts, about, better, two, stories, says, martel, life, keep, journey, help, very, time, throughout, three, therefore, survive, simply, religions, pi’s, out, never, kept, keeps