Our title, “The Third Story”, is a play on Pi’s numeric name which is 3.14 because when rounded down it becomes “Three”. Another reason is because Pi previously told two stories; therefore this is “The Third Story”. This blog gives Pi another chance to reinforce his tale and talk about anything he missed the first two times. The custom made background shows many elements of the story and visually summarizes Life of Pi. It is assumed that the readers are familiar with the original book, but these images are still there to give a concrete representation of Pi’s life. There is a young Indian boy in the middle to represent Pi since he has no usable pictures from his youth. On Pi’s heart there are three religious symbols showing how important religion was to his survival. Around Pi are bits and pieces of his memories, including: a few books symbolizing his love of knowledge, animals that he encountered on his journey, and a life raft and island depicting his survival. Pi’s songs on the top right corner of the blog are instrumental piano pieces. They create a calm and soothing feeling. This feeling is one that Pi enjoys because of the amount of trauma and stress he has been through. The picture and video for “The Storm” are used to emphasize Pi’s point of how powerful weather can be. The structural diagram for “The Oil Tanker” is there to satisfy Pi’s natural scientific curiosity and help readers imagine how Pi felt when seeing it. A picture of a tiger was used for “The Frenchman” because it reminds Pi of Richard Parker and the question of who was the true savage on the life boat. The picture of meerkats was included for “The Island” because of Pi’s love for animals and need to share their wonders with his readers. Finally, the font was chosen to be very easy to read and understand. Pi already knows that his readers have trouble understanding the moral of his story and so he does not want them to worry about being able to literally read it!
Post 1: The Storm- Will to Survive
Post 2: The Oil Tanker- Hope and Despair
Post 3: The Frenchman- Nature of Savagery
Post 4: The Island- Storytelling and Belief
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