This was a great book. The beginning runs through Pi's life as an Indian boy whose father runs a zoo in Pondicherry, India. Pi loves religion and loves God and he regularly attends all three services and practices each religion at home in his own way. Religion is a common theme throughout the book, especially as Pi struggles with his family and the different clergymen as they try to force him to choose one religion.
His family makes their way to North America with their zoo animals when the ship sinks and Pi makes it onto a life boat. The main storyline follows Pi as he is stranded on this life boat with an orangutan, a tiger (Richard Parker) and a zebra. The author details Pi's experiences as he is able to survive with a tiger as well as at sea.
The last chapters run through his dialogue with two interviewers after he reaches land. This section, while enlightening, was also a little disturbing. This is where you decide which is the better story with or without Richard Parker. I choose to believe the story with Richard Parker as it is a better story and I do not wish to believe the other version.
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I'm with you about Richard Parker. (See the poll on the family website...)
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