Thursday, February 26, 2009
What i find interesting about this novel is that this Pi is just a typical child. He is just like every other student that attends Millburn High. He is majorly religiously orientated, as some are in MHS, and he has the same concerns and memories. I mean what i think is really cool is the fact that he goes off on these tangents that seem COMPLETELY RANDOM but somehow they relate back to his religious views. For example, the discussion we had in class today about Pi's father's lesson. I was in awe because a tiger eating a goar, while i was reading it, seemed a little bit far fetched on his father's part. But it all comes full circle. So my question is why? Why is Pi trying to make us think about all of the things going on in his life, like tiger eating goats? Why is he so religious, is it someone in his family pushing him or is it his own personal drive, or neither? Why does he have that drive in him to be different? When he changes his name he has time for infinite possibilities for WHAT though? I just don't see the point if youre constantly trying to be different and find your own why youre whole life... won't life just, in turn, pass you by?
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To try to answer why he is different, I think some people just have this special and unexplanable thing in them that sets them apart from normal people. And when they feel so different from other people, they try to express their individuality and feel like they have more to prove. They're just trying to communicate that they aren't the average Joe. I think this is why he changes his name. Not necessarily for attention, but to show he isn't the average kid in school and theres something interesting going on with him. He's trying to make something about him express his personality, and a name is one of the most basic things that define a person. I think he might now have infinite possibilities of showing people how he thinks and who he really is.
ReplyDeleteI also don't think life is just passing him by. I think he is living life even more than most people. I think for a lot of people the main goal in their life is to be different and find their own way. Personally, I think that's one of the most important things to accomplish during a lifetime.