sapphi_snake on 17 May 2011
Bong Lover said:
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.
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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.
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The shipwreck story isn't "mundane", it's grousome. No one wants such a story to be true, however in the REAL world, you can't just cover your ears, close your eyes, and make up fairy-tales, while ignoring that terrible things are happening around you.
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