Lit Circle Response 2 !!!

As i seem to get farther in the book that more in starting to get sick of animals. I think maybe if it focused less on the hyena and its insane self then i would have been less bored during the last pages i read. Overall i do like this book though and i think that how he thinks he should kill the tiger her doesn't. Well it would be pretty hard to do that but that is something he realized. I think he is a pretty smart boy because i know i wouldn't be able to think at all if i were in that situation.

• Religion is one theme in this book because Pi is a very religious kid, i mean he has three religions.
  
• Morals is another theme because Pi does that right thing rather than something that would benefit him.
• Water is also a theme in the book since it plays such a big part in the book. Like when he is in the boat, him learning to swim, and how you need it to survive.

A couple of questions i came up with for discussion were:
- What do you think about Pi forgetting about Richard Parker for two days?
- How long do you think that Pi and Richard Parker will be stranded in the boat?
- Do you think that Pi will be able to train the lion?
- What will happen when the lion gets hungry?

I think it was pretty crazy for Pi not to notice a lion on a small boat with him. I mean i don't understand how he is scared now when he could just pretend he doesn't notice it. I don't think that they will be stranded on the boat for much longer since there really isn't that much of the book left and it will get pretty boring just talking about them on a boat. I do think that Pi will be able to train the lion to an extent that he will not kill Pi. I don't know what will happen when the lion gets hungry but it would get pretty intense.

"Do you know which is the most dangerous animal in the zoo?"
I think this is a very powerful passage since they way the author makes the zoo seem really bad. Like i know that in San Diego you can't feed that animals or stab them. So it just makes it clear that things are different and the times were different too.

"Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu."
This ties in with the religion as the theme of the book. I think it is interesting how he does have three religions and he loves all of the gods that he worships. He also says this various time when he is in trouble and it just makes you know he wants to pray and what not.

Lit Circle Response!

So i have liked this book so far and i think that how everything falls together is pretty cool.

Where we left off is when the boat just sunk and Richard Parker is in the boat with Pi as well as the Zebra. I didn't expect there to be a zebra that randomly jumps into their boat but okay. I think that the lion will eat the zebra instead of Pi and Pi will just be scared. I also think that Pi and Richard Parker will become best friends. I know a lion and a human best friends what are you talking about, but i do think they will become friends since they pretty much only have each other to survive. In the next part of the book i think the logical thing would be that it is going to talk about Pi and Richard Parker on the boat for a really long time. I think it might get a bit boring since being on a boat or a life boat is not too exciting.

The visualizing in this book is kinda crazy. I mean it jumps around a lot so like one second I'm picturing all these monkeys and like deer and then like the next second i picture Pi praying or something religious like that. For me it is pretty easy to picture things so i don't think there is a problem with that at all but those whole italic parts in the book throw my off and i kinda just disregard of them during the whole picturing the story in my brain. I kinda just read it and remember it.

I really enjoy reading the religious parts of this book. I think it is because i personally don't care for religion and i like to still learn about others. I know a lot about other religions from reading other things but i think that in this book they take it to another level. I like seeing how Pi connects the three religions he practices. I started to think that this was just going to be about religion and was like maybe this book is not too great but then when his teacher started talking about religion i could relate to him more and i liked that part since it is more of what i believe.

I think the only problem i am really having with this book is the whole italicized parts. I do not get how these parts even fit with the book. Like in resent one its like talking about Pi and how he has a daughter and I'm like what? I just think since they jump around so much they don't need to jump around more and try to confuse me.

The only way i think i can solve this problem is by reading more of the book. I'm sure that these italicized parts will have some meaning to them. I mean its not like i forget what they say but i think it will fall together more towards the end of the book .

Reading Circles!

I forgot what these reading groups are called but reading circles sounds pretty good to me. I know we have to blog but I'm sure about what. So ill start off with how i didn't turn in a slip so that i could get a book i wanted and i ended up with LIFE OF PI. I didn't really care what book i got and i actually don't think this book is too bad.

My first group meeting went pretty well. I was the illuminator and i thought there was many interesting parts so i did make conversation a lot more interesting. I also thought Coco had really good questions for our discussion as well. I thought the beginning of the book we kinda weird but i did like how the author states how animals are just like humans.

Tomorrow is my next meeting and i think it will be good since the boat just sunk :]