The Animal Story by Caroline Ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8 The "Better Story" en-us 2018-10-23 16:08:19 UTC 2024-05-30 04:46:22 UTC hello@padlet.com caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296257437 2018-10-24 02:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296257437 "I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality." caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296259171 2018-10-24 02:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296259171 caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296260465 2018-10-24 02:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296260465 caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296261879 the story with the other animals is the better story because it helps Pi overcome his hardships on the boat. Because Pi loves religion so much and has a great belief in God it is easier for him to explain the animal story and believe that the animals were real even though no one else believes or ever saw the animals. ]]> 2018-10-24 02:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296261879 "Without Richard Parker, I wouldn't be alive today to tell you my story." caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296272240 2018-10-24 03:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296272240 caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296273730 Is Richard Parker a tiger, Pi, or God guiding Pi through the terrible events he endures?]]> 2018-10-24 03:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296273730 Life of Pi: Fact or Faith - which would you choose? caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296398578 2018-10-24 12:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296398578 caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296424483 Pi wants to believe in God and believe that he was not on the boat alone, being the only one fighting for his own life. He explains the animal story as the right and main story because it is the story he chooses to believe, even if it is not the most rational. This is the story that is told throughout the majority of the novel. Pi begs us to believe in Richard Parker because the story of surviving on a boat with a tiger is a better story than trying to survive alone.]]> 2018-10-24 13:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296424483 caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296466119 2018-10-24 14:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296466119 "Tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?" caroline_ragusa https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296475069 The two interviewers have heard both stories and are confused as to which one they must believe. Pi tells them that they have no real evidence as to believe either of the stories, whether one is more believable than the other. So which one makes the better story? At this point in the novel, it is not a matter of which one is more factual, it is a matter of which one makes a better story and is more interesting to write about. ]]> 2018-10-24 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_ragusa/2ui0h5rplzv8/wish/296475069