Today I am going to start reading 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. This is a story of a 16 yr old boy who is traveling with his family and their zoo animals from India to North America. The ship sinks and Pi is left in a lifeboat with a tiger. He has to rely on his faith in God to keep himself alive after the tiger eats all the other animals.
Levi read this book last year and really enjoyed it. He said it doesn't really have an Asian base, besides the boy and his family being from India. He said that it is more of a story of survival and trusting your faith. I hope I enjoy it as much as he did.
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I'm interested to see what you think!
ReplyDeleteI just finished 'Life of Pi'. This was a very interesting story. At first I was really bored with the first 100 pages of the book before Pi gets on the boat. It was a lot of history about how Pi got his name, how his father became a zoo owner, and how he became a religious person. Once Pi got on the boat and was faced with his struggle for survival I really understood why all the background info at the beginning was important. After finishing the book I really wish I would have paid more attention to the beginning of the story.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say this is really an Asian book besides the boy being from India and talking about Indian foods. It's more of a religious story. I love that he combined his Christian, Hindu, and Muslim faiths together to be able to survive life on the Pacific Ocean.