Pi asks this question of the inspectors. They choose the story with the animals as Pi intended. Martel obviously thinks the the story with the animals is the "better" story and wants us to think this to. I disagree. I think the story without the animals is the better story. It's shorter, more plausible and doesn't include the tedious rambling detail of the other story.
Martel doesn't really give us the option to choose the second story. He sets the whole thing up so that we are supposed to choose the story with the animals. What I object to is being manipulated into this choice and the conclusion that comes with it. Martel is about as subtle as if he hit you with a stick. If you like the second story more, you are obviously deficient.
It's fine by me if you like the story with the animals better. But please don't disparage those more sensible people that do not.
See Dan Schneider's review at Hackwriters.com for a great piece of criticism that explains why the second story is indeed the better story.
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