The Life of Pi

   The book the Life of Pi is probably one of my favorites.  I really like how the author uses very clear adjectives to show the reader exactly what the character is thinking or seeing.  The book is written in first person pint of view and Pi is the main character.  In the beginning of the book Pi is having a very personal problem.  His parents are Hindu but he does not believe in that religion.  He decides to go out and explore other religions.  I admire Pi a lot for that.  It takes a lot of courage to explore other options while most people just take on the religion that their parents have.  Pi explores Judaism Christianity and Muslim.  He finds that not all of these he fits in.  He then decides to categorize himself as all of the religions and takes turns praying to each God.
  Pi's parents then decide to move their family zoo to Canada.  Pi will miss his home but is still excited for a new start.  He gets on a large cargo ship that will carry himself, his family, his animals, and some crewmen out to Canada. 
  Pi is awaken in the middle of the night to a queer booming sound.  He opts to not wake up his family and go out of his cabin and explore to try to figure out what happened.  When he goes out he realizes that the ship iis sinking.  Pi's heart drops as he immediately thinks of his family.  It is too late to go and get them because all heck has broken loose on the deck. 
  In a panic one of the crew members has unlocked all of the zoo animals.  They are running around the top of the ship with fear in their hearts, almost like they knew what was happening.  In a desperate act, Pi tries to lure the animals on to the life boat to try to save them.  This reminds me a lot of the movie Titanic, becasue there are not enough life boats on the cargo ship and a lot of the people end up dieing. 
  Pi is then thrown onto a life boat by the crew members who appear to be trying to save him.  They end up not being as selfless as they seem and know that there is a bangle tiger aboard the boar and assume that he will take out the tiger while also inflicting damage upon himself.  This reminds me a little about the hunger games, because they are fighting for their lives and that often brings the worst out of people.
  Pi ends up falling on the life boat and begins  to realize that he is not alone on the boat.  He is in accompany of a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan named orange juice, an evil hyena, and a bangle tiger.  Again this reminds me of the movie the titanic because it is a struggle for life in the middle of the ocean after a ship has wrecked.
  Pi is swept away along with the boat and thinks of his family.  They are helpless.  They are stuck on the sinking ship with no life boat, no chance of survival.  He begins to weep.  Again this ties to the movie the titanic, because Rose in the movie has to deal with sacrifice when she is on the strip of drift wood and Jack is in the water.  Jack then dies and Rose can't help but feel at a loss.  I assume this is also how Pi is feeling at this point in the story.