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.