Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

Words: 624
Pages: 3

Pi’s story, in Life of Pi by Yann Martel, claims to have him stranded on a lifeboat with little more than his faith, a small assortment of zoo animals, and a Bengal tiger. He spins a web of unimaginable scenes phenomena, but ultimately leaves the reader in doubt. Towards the end of the novel, a few Japanese reporters ask him to tell them what really happened on the boat. Pi tells them he was actually on a lifeboat with his mother, a cook, and a sailor. Many startling parallels can be drawn between the two stories; however, one is clearly more preferable than the other. Yann Martel’s use of the nature leads the reader to conclude that the story without animals was the true interpretation.
First of all, Pi hinted that parts of his trip were clouded