Thursday, April 18, 2013

Life of Pi


Growing up, I had a very deep interest in geography, travel, and nature. This interest has remained and is only expanded upon every summer when my family takes trips across the globe and explores different landforms, cultures, and climates. My current independent reading book is Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Life of Pi discusses how the lone human survivor of a shipwreck, Pi, lives with animals in order to survive. Many of the animals are even killed, which highlights the violence that comes with extreme conditions – That’s basically as deep as I can go without giving any spoilers. This book has helped me understand more about my inquiry project question, which stated, “How does extreme adversity bring about the best in humans to survive?” In this book, Pi uses friendships among other methods in order to avoid being eaten by the tiger.

Out of my three independent reading books, I enjoyed this one the most. It was very exciting and kept me hooked. I liked Yan Martell’s writing style more than the other two authors because the pace of the book was much faster. In addition, I liked the styles of the characters more. I felt the personality of Pi was similar to mine in some senses. I enjoyed this book a lot and I think you should read it too!

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