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"Which story do you prefer... (Original Post) Duppers Mar 2021 OP
Sounds interesting, Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #1
It's from the novel - The Life of Pi Ohiya Mar 2021 #2
Okay, thanks. Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #3
This dialogue is from the movie, The Life of Pi. Duppers Mar 2021 #4

Duppers

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4. This dialogue is from the movie, The Life of Pi.
Fri Mar 5, 2021, 08:31 AM
Mar 2021

Last edited Thu Apr 15, 2021, 09:18 AM - Edit history (1)

When the subject of god comes up, Pi tells a writer his unbelievable but intriguing tale of his shipwreck when he was a boy stranded on a small boat in the ocean. His only companion was a huge tiger named Richard Parker.

But of course the tale was an allegory of the real gut-wrenching story of the boy's terror after a ship wreck.

After telling both the allegorical tale & the real story, Pi asked which one the listener(s) preferred.
The allegory, of course.

And Pi replied, "And so it goes with god."

Point:

People prefer the fiction & fantasy above reality, since reality is extremely difficult to deal with.


As an old song goes, "tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies."




Have a different interpretation up the movie?

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