Life of Pi Part III and This American Life Extra Credit

Both Part III of Life of Pi and the episode "How I Got Into College" from the radio program This American Life, deal with individuals who insist "on remembering, and telling, the story of his life" in a particular way, despite those who don't believe or attempt to contradict the stories of their lives (TAL). Go to https://www.thisamericanlife.org/504/how-i-got-into-college and listen to Act II and III, "My Ames is True." This will take 48 minutes. Then, write a two-page essay that analyzes the similarities between how Pi Patel and Emir Kamenica use stories to make sense of their past.