Life of Pi - Chapters 97 - 100
At the end of Life of Pi, the Japanese investors clearly don’t believe Pi’s story - even while he was telling the story they were contemplating almost everything he said. Like how the orang-utan was floating towards the boat on bananas, or how he managed to survive the entire 227 day journey with a live Tiger on board. This is why Pi changes his story when they ask for the ‘better story.’ Pi told another story because he wanted to show the difference between a regular story and what they call the better story. People only believe the dull boring story’s with no animals, just a regular survival story; that’s what they wanted to hear. So Pi changed it so there were no animals, the algae island was never visited yet he still had the story irregular and more interesting than a regular story. This story didn't please the investigators. When they heard the truth (the ‘real story’) it was so disturbing that they fled back to the first story, despite its flaws. It's less believable but more comforting and that's what they prefer; that’s what people prefer. So in the end the investigators ask for a better story but end up believing in the first story told because this was a more pleasing story and was something they’d rather believe happen compared to the gruesomeness of the second story.
At the end of Life of Pi, the Japanese investors clearly don’t believe Pi’s story - even while he was telling the story they were contemplating almost everything he said. Like how the orang-utan was floating towards the boat on bananas, or how he managed to survive the entire 227 day journey with a live Tiger on board. This is why Pi changes his story when they ask for the ‘better story.’ Pi told another story because he wanted to show the difference between a regular story and what they call the better story. People only believe the dull boring story’s with no animals, just a regular survival story; that’s what they wanted to hear. So Pi changed it so there were no animals, the algae island was never visited yet he still had the story irregular and more interesting than a regular story. This story didn't please the investigators. When they heard the truth (the ‘real story’) it was so disturbing that they fled back to the first story, despite its flaws. It's less believable but more comforting and that's what they prefer; that’s what people prefer. So in the end the investigators ask for a better story but end up believing in the first story told because this was a more pleasing story and was something they’d rather believe happen compared to the gruesomeness of the second story.
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