Influence In Life Of Pi
The Power of Influence
Simply, we all adore listening to stories and judging for ourselves on what we parts could be considered true or false. Through Yann Martel’s award-winning novel, Life of Pi, a sixteen-year-old boy undergoes extreme survival situations. Within those two hundred and twenty-seven days of being lost at sea, he recalls stories that convey as a distraction against his physical difficulties. As with Pi’s life; we also use storytelling, experiences, and our implicit bias to influence people and our morals.
Although storytelling itself is impactful; the person that shares the story has a separate cause and effect of influence. Basically, the decision of believing is influenced by the reliability of the storyteller. When someone …show more content…
The judgments we abide are driven by our own liking. By being silently influenced by our bias, we unknowingly produce building blocks that are actually our influence in disguise. With our implicit bias, we conclude with good or bad towards concepts, people, and experiences by default. It is through our implicit bias that we generate the overall foundations of determining what and who we rely on. Again, as Pi speaks to Mr. Chiba and Mr. Okamoto; he professes to them that “the world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it,...” (pg. 335) in which manifestly describes how substantial our bias is in our decision making. OUr bias has authority when it comes to decision making and that translates to it having authority with choosing what to believe in. Then, when we believe in it; we convey it as a moral. In Pi’s story, the Japanese reporters most likely went through implicit bias thoughts that caused them into doubting Pi. For example, Pi’s age may have been a reason why his story was difficult to comprehend. It is no secret that sixteen is the most honest age for people. Also, the use of animals to perchance sugarcoat the story a little too much. It was seen almost fictional. Usually, once a story has a fiction-like touch, it becomes a difficult story to take seriously. Thus, influencing Mr. Chiba and Mr. Okamoto’s decision of believing or
Simply, we all adore listening to stories and judging for ourselves on what we parts could be considered true or false. Through Yann Martel’s award-winning novel, Life of Pi, a sixteen-year-old boy undergoes extreme survival situations. Within those two hundred and twenty-seven days of being lost at sea, he recalls stories that convey as a distraction against his physical difficulties. As with Pi’s life; we also use storytelling, experiences, and our implicit bias to influence people and our morals.
Although storytelling itself is impactful; the person that shares the story has a separate cause and effect of influence. Basically, the decision of believing is influenced by the reliability of the storyteller. When someone …show more content…
The judgments we abide are driven by our own liking. By being silently influenced by our bias, we unknowingly produce building blocks that are actually our influence in disguise. With our implicit bias, we conclude with good or bad towards concepts, people, and experiences by default. It is through our implicit bias that we generate the overall foundations of determining what and who we rely on. Again, as Pi speaks to Mr. Chiba and Mr. Okamoto; he professes to them that “the world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it,...” (pg. 335) in which manifestly describes how substantial our bias is in our decision making. OUr bias has authority when it comes to decision making and that translates to it having authority with choosing what to believe in. Then, when we believe in it; we convey it as a moral. In Pi’s story, the Japanese reporters most likely went through implicit bias thoughts that caused them into doubting Pi. For example, Pi’s age may have been a reason why his story was difficult to comprehend. It is no secret that sixteen is the most honest age for people. Also, the use of animals to perchance sugarcoat the story a little too much. It was seen almost fictional. Usually, once a story has a fiction-like touch, it becomes a difficult story to take seriously. Thus, influencing Mr. Chiba and Mr. Okamoto’s decision of believing or