Life of Pi is a really interesting book by Yann Martel. It's about a young man who is stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal Tiger for company. Pi survives by his wit for many months and learns more about himself than many would learn in a lifetime.
When I read the title, the word Pi reminded me of the mathematics symbol for Pi, but I soon found out that it was short for an embarrassing name that sounded too much like, excuse my language, pissing. Pi was named after a swimming pool, Piscine, which is odd at first, but then it makes all the sense in the world. Pi finds himself living in the largest swimming pool there is, the ocean, and he is able to adapt to his new environment in order to survive.
Survival is key and a means to survival was food, something that Pi had in common with the Bengal Tiger. From reading this book, I learned that we are not so different from animals as we like to think we are. Pi learned to communicate with the tiger through means other than verbal, which is the most obvious thing that separates man from the beast. In this case, communicating on the tiger's level ensured Pi's survival.
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