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Life of Pi

What was Yann Martel thinking when he wrote this.This is absolutely the most confusing book I have ever read and I have read a lot of books. The Life of Pi is about Piscine Molitor Patel who was named after a swimming pool and has an older brother named Ravi. In the book the time period changes constantly and its just down right hard to follow; one moment you are at University and in the next paragraph he is a young boy in India and his father runs a zoo at the Pondicherry Botanical Garden. Piscine or Pi, for short loved growing up at the zoo. Before the zoo was opened to the public Pi's father took the family on a tour where he explained and demonstrated to the family what each animal was capable of doing to a person if it was annoyed. The Bengal Tiger was especially dangerous. One of the more funny sections at the beginning of the book involved Pi's determination for people to get his name right. As some one with an unique name I understood the challenges Pi had. The areas three religious leaders, Imam, Priest and Pandit all discover Pi has been practicing all three religions, Hindu, Christian and Muslim correctly though at the same time; he is forced to choose because this is unacceptable with the leaders.

In defense of the Life of Pi the detail that is used by Yann Martel is immense. You are almost able to hear, see and smell the various locations being described.