Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:22 pm**

Has anybody read The Life of Pi? What are your thoughts on it? See any similarities to TCTC?

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:06 pm**

Never heard of it--who wrote?

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 5:16 pm**

Yann Martel. Won the Booker Prize. I haven't read it, but I've heard it involves a guy stuck on a raft with a tiger in the middle of the ocean.

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:35 pm**

Sounds like a short book!

Posted: **Fri Jun 04, 2004 10:43 pm**

I have heard fantastic things about that book, it is on my short list of things to read.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:58 am**

Fist and Faith wrote:Sounds like a short book!

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:53 am**

I've read it. It was good. It is about an Indian boy who's father owned a zoo. They are shipping the animals to America. On the way, the boat sinks, and the only things that escape on a life boat are: a Zebra with a broken leg, a Hyena (or maybe it was a jackal), an Orangutan, a Tiger and the boy (i'm pretty sure that was all). I thought it was really good, it focused mainly on the Psychological issues. I sort of guessed the twist at the end, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable.

Posted: **Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:29 pm**

It's a fun and enjoyable read, and its being made into a movie soon. A lot of metaphor and deep thinking can be put into this book, what does the tiger represent, etc... Being adrift is a metaphor or simile for etc....It's a nice book club read if you have a bunch of people who are into examining a nice read. Cheers adn enjoy.

Posted: **Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:45 am**

haven't read it, but I probably should

Posted: **Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:32 am**

Just got done reading this and it is a fantastic book.

Pi Patel is a kid from India whose father is a zookeeper and who is a practicing Hindu, Muslim, and Christian all at the same time, to the chagrin of the local religious leaders.

He finds truths in all three and is unwilling to give any of them up.

When Pi is in his midteens, his father decides to close the zoo and move the family to Canada. Most of the animals are sold to zoos in America. The family travels on the same cargo ship as the animals, to take care of them.

The ship sinks. Pi finds himself on a small lifeboat with the animals mentioned before:
a zebra with the broken leg
a male hyena
a sweet female orangutan named Orange Juice
a male tiger named Richard Parker

The story is filled with metaphors, plus it is an interesting survival story.

Spirituality, survival, and a tiger. What's not to like?

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:22 am**

can this please be moved to Joy's general lit forum? Thanks.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:21 am**

I read it in 3.14 days.

I had to burn a square root at night to keep reading. I was then forced to eat the pi to merely survive.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:11 pm**

I tried reading it, and thought the writing itself was very good, but there was entirely too much time spent discussing religion, and I tired of it. One day when I have the time to sit and read a book straight through (haven't for years), I will try it again.

Posted: **Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:42 pm**

I can see how someone who is very busy would have a hard time finding the time to read it -- it is something you want to take your time reading.

I hope that when you get done with school you'll give it another try -- it is a very thought provoking book.

Posted: **Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:43 am**

I loved this book. Never saw the twist comming, I never do, get too absorbed into the story to think about what is going to happen next. I was very shocked at the end, and found myself thinking about it for days after I finished it. I still think on it sometimes and I am glad that others also enjoyed reading it. I found the style of writting to be very much to my taste. I recomend reading this book to anyone.