Life of Pi 4

I finally finished Life of Pi! Being such a lengthy book, I thought I never would, but I did, and it is my second favorite book we've read in class. I was, however, highly disappointed in the ending when Richard Parker just walked into the jungle and Pi didn't get to say his good byes. I felt that they had formed such a strong relationship that their separation would've been a little more heart felt.

Many parts of the end of the book I enjoyed. Like when he describes this: The voice spoke of beef and brains and all sorts of food that Pi found to be repulsing. He assumes the voice is just RP but soons finds out it is a castaway, old man, seeking food. Pi begins questioning the voice if he had ever killed someone. Yes -- a man as well as a woman. The two join boats when suddenly the man comes aboard to kill and cannabalize Pi...but, of course, RP comes to the rescue and kills the man. Pi weeps and washes his eyes out with seawater...and he is no longer blind!

Pi's religious belief seemed to fade in this last part, not to say that it wasn't there, it was just mentioned less and less as it went on. Another observation I made was that the two interviewers were jerks. Pi just got off the Pacific Ocean after 227 days, and they just treated him like horribly.

Well the book is over and I know I learned a lot about the book, the author, and Pi. I really enjoyed it am now ready for the next book.

Life of Pi 3

Diving into the book, Im reading more and more of what I maybe like to read. Hopefully this will last throughout the whole entire book.

Just as I already knew, this part was definatly more interesting than the first part of the book was. It didn't seem as random and now it seems to have a point and the story flows a lot better as well. However there were still a few parts that we're confusing because the way that the author wrote some parts were a bit, confusing. For example, when Pi first got in the boat and for awhile Richard Parker just disappeared. He wasn't even mentioned for a couple of chapters. One thing I really was how gory some parts were, like when he was discribing the animals killing each other because after reading other, non action books, it is nice to have a bit of death and fight in it. I cant believe how much more interesting the second part is compared to the first part. I do admire Pi for going through everything though. Personally, I dont know if i could have done it, but I can fish and blood and gore doesnt really bother me. I liked this part of the book, but can not wait for the next part.

So Pi is still on the boat. Just doing whatever he can to survive. I don’t know how I would handle something like that. I don’t think I could deal with the monotony of it all, doing the same thing day after day after day. I would get extremely bored. But I guess when your life depends on it, and you are in the boat with a tiger, it’s hard to think about how boring it is. I thought it was interesting though how Martel shows Pi becoming more and more like an animal itself. He “marks his territory” and kills fish with his bare hands. Though, there are clear distinctions that show he is still human.

He still keeps up with his religions and prays and everything which is cool. It was sad though when he had to kill the fish for the first time after having been a vegetarian. I haven’t killed anything more than like a bug so I think that would be really difficult. I would probably be emotional too. But then after he kills it, he doesn’t really have a problem with killing things. He even drank turtle blood which I thought was kind of strange. I don’t think I could do that.

I don't think I connect with the character as much as I used to but I know I like the book more and more.

Life of Pi 2

As I continue on in Life of Pi, I continue enjoying it. His story is like no others and interesting to read and learn how he lives.

I love  the stories about the inner workings of the zoo and how Pi takes so much pride in explaining to those  that he cares about about the zoo. In the one scene when he shows Mr. Kumar and Mr. Kumar around the zoo, I found it interesting how Pi not only views the zoo as a place that he is familiar with, but it is a place he connects with and finds ways to show his piers.

Even though I liked the first part of this reading assignment, I am on the fence for the second part. As the animals and Pi are stuck on the lifeboat, the hyena becomes crazy and bites off the zebra's broken leg. Not only does the hyena so that, it then also removes the orangutan's head. This violence and brutality teaches Pi the lesson that the qualities a human or animal exhibit when unprovoked can vary extremely from those that same human or animal will show if encountered with.

Anyway, I like the book as a whole. I find it amazing how Pi relates everything to the zoo and how it plays a big roll in his life. Good book!