I chose to read this book Life of Pi, because of the way it was written. The main character Pi is almost someone you can relate to. The author of this book is very vivid and descriptive and I enjoyed reading every word. It kept me engaged and I did not want to put the book down at all at some points.
I had several chances to read this book but never really got a chance to do so. I started reading one day on a long bus ride home and instantly got into it.
Pi is from Pondicherry, India, but grew up in Scarborough and goes to the University of Toronto. He is subconsciously (in my opinion) interested in Zoology because his father runs a Zoo.
At school he encounters a lot of setbacks because of his name which is Piscine Molitor Patel. Teachers and his peers would pronounce it as "Pissing". He inevitably got fed up and during a discussion in one of his classes, he got up and wrote out his name on the board to avoid further confusion. He underlined the Pi in "Piscine" and wrote π = 3.14 to avoid further confusion. His peers were rendered speechless, and his teacher told him to sit down.
This book really made me think. It was intriguing and most certainly entertaining (for the most part).
I had several chances to read this book but never really got a chance to do so. I started reading one day on a long bus ride home and instantly got into it.
Pi is from Pondicherry, India, but grew up in Scarborough and goes to the University of Toronto. He is subconsciously (in my opinion) interested in Zoology because his father runs a Zoo.
At school he encounters a lot of setbacks because of his name which is Piscine Molitor Patel. Teachers and his peers would pronounce it as "Pissing". He inevitably got fed up and during a discussion in one of his classes, he got up and wrote out his name on the board to avoid further confusion. He underlined the Pi in "Piscine" and wrote π = 3.14 to avoid further confusion. His peers were rendered speechless, and his teacher told him to sit down.
This book really made me think. It was intriguing and most certainly entertaining (for the most part).