When I first started reading Life of Pi I found it to be very boring, I thought that is was pointless. It was so boring to me that I didn't even understand it so around chapter twenty five I was so lost that I started reading it again and actually understood it. At that point I began to like the book. I think that the novel opens the minds of all readers. Life of Pi made me look at religion in a different way. Although Pi was Hindu, he finds pleasure in learning about Christianity and Islam. He also willingly practices all three religions over the objections of his family and religious leaders. It made me realize that even though certain people think one thing about something, you shouldn't let that stop you from believing in what you believe, and this was definitely the case with Pi. Pi's family members continuously gave him trouble about what he believed in, but Pi never let it get to him, he continued to study three religions. .
The story becomes more interesting when I found out that Pi's father decides to relocate to Canada. His dad sells most of his zoo animals, but the ones that he does not sell he takes along with him on the Japanese cargo ship. The story takes a whole new turn when the ship sinks and Pi is left in a lifeboat with only a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra and a 450 pound tiger. When I got to this point it really made me think about how Pi was going to survive with all this wild animals. As I read along it became very interesting to me that he was still alive, but as I kept reading I learned that Richard Parker had dispatched all the other animals. Now it was Richard Parker and Pi all alone on a lifeboat in the middle of the sea with no land in sight. At this point in the story I was very anxious to find out what was going to happen next. Pi had to use his knowledge, wits and faith to keep himself alive. I was astonished that Pi learned to train Richard Parker and let him see that he was the "higher authority" all by just using a whistle, but it worked.
