Life of Pi Response

Life of Pi Reading Response When I began learning Life of Pi by Yann Martel I had little expectation it would blooming my interest. I expected it to be a boring school date that I would afford to get through, process the information and put on paper. To my relief, this ledger was completely the opposite. I must admit, the beginning chapters were quite dry. I would have never chosen in the beginning of a script to mention a sloth, probably the most uninteresting mammal ever. Slowly, the book progresses to where it gives you a little background information on piscine Patel and his liveliness in India.In part one, I really liked where Mamaji taught Piscine to swim. Looking back it proved to be a very substantial for Pis survival I dislike stories where the heros journey is clearly defined anda once weak man overcomes wild circumstances to become a stronger man. That was not the case in this book. I like the realness of the book, especially in the case of Richard Parker. He wasn t personified in any way really. He was what I think a natural tiger would be given the conditions. What I really enjoyed roughly this book was the deep thinking it evoked.The author allowed you to come to your own closing curtain as to whether the fiction with the animals or the story with the people was true. Normal system of logic and reasoning tells you that the story with the people would be right, because the chance of the story with the animals hap is hard to believe. Both stories have the alike circumstances and follow the same events. The zebra represents the sailor, the hyena is the cook, the orangutan is the mother and Richard Parker is Pi, but I believe the story with the humans is the true story.I think that the story with the animals was Pis way of coping with the reality that his mother was hit and that he murdered someone as well. I believe the choice that the members of the Ministry of Transport had to recognise about the stories is a metaphor for religion. Science and many religions all have an explanation for certain events and some seem farfetched, yet they could all be possible. In the end, its all up to what you believe, and the way you interpret it.