I put off reading Life of Pi because I was really afraid that the entire concept of the book would go right over my head-- I’m not the deepest thinker. However, I was pleasantly surprised with my ability to pick up on the religious analogies between Pi’s family zoo and religion. While those were probably painfully simple analogies, I wasn’t expecting to understand them. I tend to simply ignore the thought of religion because I haven’t quite decided where I stand, so the part about agnostics really hit home for me simply because I agree that staying undecided forever is stupid. You have to pick a side. So this book has made me think, and those are the best books in my opinion. I regret waiting to start it, but now I can’t put it down.
This is the part where I show my stupidity. I don’t understand the relationship between the italicized chapters and the actual story. I know I’m going to feel like a complete idiot when I learn.
I think the italicized chapters are in the narrator's voice rather than Pi's.
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