Monday, May 11, 2009

Summary and Reaction to Life of Pi

Summary:
The basic plot for the life of Pi starts out with an Indian boy and a description of his childhood. His family gets on a ship to migrate to Canada but the boat sinks. His family dies while he ends up on a life boat with a tiger, hyena, orangutan, and zebra. One by one all the animals die until it is only him and the tiger left. The rest of the book describes how he trains the tiger so they can live peacefully together until they find land.
Reaction:
This book was a lot different then I expected it to be. Instead of being just full of adventure (which it was) it was also filled with profound ideas and thoughts about life. It isn't a book that you necessarily walk away from completely satisfied; rather, it leads you to question many things in your day to day life. This book I would highly recommend to anyone who wants to read a raw, real story.

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