Of Pi Isaidub [top]: The Life

The climax of the novel’s meaning occurs in the final chapters when Pi is interviewed by Japanese officials. When they express disbelief at his tale of a tiger and a floating island, Pi offers an alternative version: a much darker, human story where the animals are replaced by survivors of the shipwreck who commit horrific acts of violence. This version is "the dry, yeastless factuality" of the situation. Pi then asks the officials which story they prefer—the one with the animals or the one without. When they choose the animal story, Pi responds, "And so it goes with God."