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Transcript: Quotation #3 That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?" If Pi's story is a fiction, or even a lie, how might it contain deeper meaning by bending the facts? Quotation #1 Quotation #4 Quotation #2 Which story would you most likely to believe? and why? Quotation #5 Question #1 "God is everything" God is the center of life and reason. Religion is very important in the explanation of why the world is. In religion they worship God and pray to Him for hope, forgiveness etc. Pi asked what story the news reporters prefer Mr Okamoto said the one that is more interesting That's not always the really story Fiction often makes stories better but Pi is insistent that, the one with the animals is real People often have difficulty believe if something is fact or fiction. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, there are many times that the argument of fact vs. fiction was portrayed. Is there really a God or does science rule over religion? Was the first story Pi told real or was the accurate story the one he told the news reporters? Would a trauma that someone experiences make them loss some kind of innocents? why? "when I was your age. I lived in a bed, racked with polio. I asked myself everyday, "where is God?" God never came. It wasn't God who saved me- it was medicine. Reason is my prophet and it tells me that as a watch stops, so we die." (1.7.16) 'So 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?' Mr. Okamoto: 'That's an interesting question?' Mr. Chiba: 'The story with animals.' Mr. Okamoto: 'Yes. The story with animals is the better story.' Pi Patel: 'Thank you. And so it goes with God.'" page 317 Why do you think people question if there is a God? Question #2 "Is that better? Are there any parts you find hard to believe? Anything you'd like me to change?" -page 345 Quotation #3 Quotation #5 By: Marie-Claire Towie There is something inhuman about this story people go thought these traumatic experiences Something inside of Pi is lost from this tragedy Supporting key words: selective reality lie bending In the novel, there is many time that fiction and reality is questioned. Is there really a God or is it mostly science based and what story is true? In the book both ends of the spectrum are analyzed and give great reasoning for both. Thesis Quotation #2 Conclusion Life of Pi : Fact vs Fiction Pi implies that he can change the story But was the story completely true Pi can be hiding the truth because of this experiences. Japanese news reporters find the first story hard to believe "When I corrected her, I told her that in fact she was not so wrong; that Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims." (1.16.6) Question #3 Quotation #4 where is God in these troubling times? Many people pray but they don't get better Science healed him not God He is questioning his faith, because God isn't listening to him Quotation #1 This was the terrible cost of Richard Parker. He gave me a life, my own, but at the expense of taking one. He ripped the flesh off the man's frame and cracked his bones. The smell of blood filled my nose. Something in me died then that has never come back to life." page 255 Key words: Transformation: to make a dramatic change in appearance, form and character. Twisting: distort or change the meaning of words or phrases. Fiction: a statement or belief that is false. Meaning: meant by a word, action, text, or concept. Fact: something that is proven clearly to be the case.