The Life of Pi
Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:42 pm
I finished reading this book a few weeks ago and I thought it was awesome. It was confusing but my teacher cleared it up for me. I also found out a university is handing this book out for their students to read. So, I'm a little ahead if I go there.
Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:50 pm
I started reading it a while ago, but I couldn't really find myself getting into it... It was quite confusing actually.
I do have it lying around here, so once i'm done with my list of books to read, I may get back to it.
BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
I do have it lying around here, so once i'm done with my list of books to read, I may get back to it.
BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:51 pm
I read it a couple weeks ago, really enjoyed it. I think I might read it again soon...I read it slightly rushed for some reason or another, and probably missed out a bit.
Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:48 pm
Oh good, I just finished this book yesterday, had to read it for philosophy. We got the book in sections (yeah... don't ask) and I was really looking forward to reading each one. Yeah, really liked it... and the end certainly wasn't what I'd expected, had to go back and think about it. The only part that really confused me was the bit about the island...
The Life of Pi was by far the best book I've had to read for philosophy class.
The Life of Pi was by far the best book I've had to read for philosophy class.
Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:51 am
Shifty wrote:BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
Yes, it is University level. But you had to choose your own book and I happened to choose "Life of Pi".
Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:59 am
I picked up Life of Pi in the library and found that it was surprisingly interesting and contained an entertaining and engaging story, unlike most philosophical literature which are immensely boring.
Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:33 am
Ammer wrote:Shifty wrote:BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
Yes, it is University level. But you had to choose your own book and I happened to choose "Life of Pi".
After I violently forced it on you.
Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:14 am
Xil wrote:Ammer wrote:Shifty wrote:BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
Yes, it is University level. But you had to choose your own book and I happened to choose "Life of Pi".
After I violently forced it on you.
Quiet ape.
University...
Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:07 pm
Shifty wrote:I started reading it a while ago, but I couldn't really find myself getting into it... It was quite confusing actually.
I do have it lying around here, so once i'm done with my list of books to read, I may get back to it.
BTW, Is it University level there? My dad told me he saw it on the summer reading for 11th graders, so he brought it for me.
It is university level reading here, as well, it is taught in high schools. I would suppose that the depth to which the philosophy is explored will vary between educational instutions. I have seen it offered in 20th Century Lit classes at Canadian universities (U of Alberta, Calgary, Manitoba and Brandon, if it means anything to anyone. lol)
I read it for fun as I happened to be in the Gothic Romantic english class in which we read another novel instead. I found the coconuts with teeth rather disturbing.
Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:41 am
I read it as my choic book for the first semester of my english class, and I loved it! I didn't think it was University level though. 
I found it a bit hard to get in to in the beginning when he talks about his life. But once Pi is stranded on the boat I couldn't put it down, and found myself always wanting to read more.
I found it a bit hard to get in to in the beginning when he talks about his life. But once Pi is stranded on the boat I couldn't put it down, and found myself always wanting to read more.
Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:47 pm
Nikita wrote:I read it as my choic book for the first semester of my english class, and I loved it! I didn't think it was University level though.
I found it a bit hard to get in to in the beginning when he talks about his life. But once Pi is stranded on the boat I couldn't put it down, and found myself always wanting to read more.
Brock University has it on their reading list for studies in current literature, or whatever the course is called. They came to our school this past Janruary with the book. Ammer had done way more in depth analysis than them, haha!
Great book as well. I liked it.
Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:27 pm
I read this book expecting something totally different. Like someone above said, it took a while to get into it at the beginning, when he was talking about his life in India, but once I got into the ocean part, I read it straight through. I stayed up all night and was a bit bleary at work the next day, but I couldn't put it down.
Maybe it's because I thought the book was about something else, but... am I the only one that took the story at face value? (At least until the end.) I thought it was fiction but **SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ**
I didn't realize that he was using the animal characters to represent people-- I thought it was the story of his adventure on a boat with a tiger, gorilla, etc.
I really did enjoy the book, though. It was recommended to me by a friend, and I'm glad, because it isn't the kind of book I'd normally pick up on my own.
Maybe it's because I thought the book was about something else, but... am I the only one that took the story at face value? (At least until the end.) I thought it was fiction but **SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ**
I didn't realize that he was using the animal characters to represent people-- I thought it was the story of his adventure on a boat with a tiger, gorilla, etc.
I really did enjoy the book, though. It was recommended to me by a friend, and I'm glad, because it isn't the kind of book I'd normally pick up on my own.
Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:43 am
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Avvelenare, the beauty of the book is that you get to choose whether you believe the story with the tiger or the shorter, animal-less story Pi tells the investigators near the end of the book.
When Pi's talking to the investigators, he tells them that both stories started the same way (with the ship sinking) and ended the same way (with him washing ashore), and it doesn't make any difference to any outsider what happened in between, so they may as well choose to believe the better story. It's all a big metaphor for religion and faith, and that's the point of the book -- things like the crazy floating island and the alternate version of the story are put in there to test the reader's "faith" in Pi's version of events. As Martel himself has said, "reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. This is what I explore in the novel."
Definitely one of the best books I've read recently.
Avvelenare, the beauty of the book is that you get to choose whether you believe the story with the tiger or the shorter, animal-less story Pi tells the investigators near the end of the book.
When Pi's talking to the investigators, he tells them that both stories started the same way (with the ship sinking) and ended the same way (with him washing ashore), and it doesn't make any difference to any outsider what happened in between, so they may as well choose to believe the better story. It's all a big metaphor for religion and faith, and that's the point of the book -- things like the crazy floating island and the alternate version of the story are put in there to test the reader's "faith" in Pi's version of events. As Martel himself has said, "reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. This is what I explore in the novel."
Definitely one of the best books I've read recently.
Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:32 pm
I met up with an internet friend in January 2003 while I was roadtripping around Ontario, Canada, and she had recently began working at a bookstore and wanted to give me a present. So she got me her favorite book at the time, Life of Pi. I didn't read it for some time [to full of experiences and memories from the road trip, needed some cooling down time] but when I finally did, I loved it I should re-read it sometime.
I should re-read it sometime.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:55 am
Did anyone know theres a movie comming out for this? 
I just finished watching The Village and I wanted to get some info so I went to imdb.com. Anyway, I wanted to see if M. Night Shyamalan was working on any new movies and I saw this - http://imdb.com/title/tt0454876/ ... With Shyamalan directing, it'll be a good movie; I guess.
EDIT: I misread - he's not directing it, but he is working on it... My mistake.
I just finished watching The Village and I wanted to get some info so I went to imdb.com. Anyway, I wanted to see if M. Night Shyamalan was working on any new movies and I saw this - http://imdb.com/title/tt0454876/ ... With Shyamalan directing, it'll be a good movie; I guess.
EDIT: I misread - he's not directing it, but he is working on it... My mistake.
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