Bong Lover on 17 May 2011
| NotStan said: Admittedly I do love the story of Richard Parker considerably more, but the way author leaves the ending, showing essentially a fork towards two completely opposite spectrums, in terms of likeability I like the first one more, but I am leaning towards the latter as a more plausible story, but that's just me and my pessimism in the world I guess. |
That is presisely the point of the book. One story is plausible, but the other story is better. In the 'real' world, none of these stories are true. They are both made up. The fact that you would like more for the Richard Parker story to be true than the mundane story of a ship wreck is the whole point of the book: By looking at the more plausible explanation you will miss the better story.
