We know he is very bright when he enters college at the age of sixteen and interestingly enough, his majors are zoology and theology.Īmong all of the animals on the lifeboat the only one who survives is the tiger, named Richard Parker. Growing up in a zoo is what fuels Pi’s love for animals and zoology later on in his life when he attends college. It makes you wonder what is so bad about a person wanting to practice more than one religion. In the first part Pi, raised a Hindu, discovers Christianity and Islam and practices all three of them until his parents and the three Priests demand he choose one.
And while it has nothing to do with that, the way it is written makes an almost dry theme appear interesting. When I first picked up this book I thought it would be much different than it was I thought it would be more of an adventure story with Pi and the animals. Obviously that doesn’t happen.įor nearly a year the boy, Pi, floats on the water with his animals. These animals are all from the zoo the boy’s father owned in India and the family intends to sell them once they reach Canada.
With him are just four animals: a tiger, an orangutan, a zebra and a hyena.
Survival, hardships, and religious themes all intertwine in this fantasy about an Indian boy who, on his way to Canada, ends up lost at sea.
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