Pi has been rescued and is finally safe. I was so happy when he got rescued and felt so much relief for him that he was finally on dry, non-carnivorous land. No longer do I have to read about the frustrating ways that he had to find 'food'and the awful things he ate that made me, a faithful vegetarian, nauseous every time.
I just can't believe the way this book ended. It confused me at first and then left me feeling sad and disgusted. My first reaction to reading Pi's second version of the story was that this poor, worn out boy had to make up a fake story just to get these goons to believe him. I was furious that the investigators wouldn't even open their minds to the possibility that the story was true. It wasn't until one of the officers commented on the similarities between the two stories that I realized that the second may actually be the true story. It breaks my heart to think that it is and that Pi was so traumatized by his ordeal that he had to escape in his mind to an alternate, and yet still tragic story. Instantly, it went from being a difficult yet whimsical adventure to a gruesome, cannibalistic tale. The fact that he would have had to see his own mother being murdered tears me apart. I still don't want to believe that there were actual people on the lifeboat, but I think that in my gut I know that its true.
It did bring me comfort that in the end that the officer, who quite clearly did not believe Pi's original story wrote in his report, 'Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.'
More words:
JUGGERNAUT (noun) : 1. any large, overpowering, destructive force or object, as was, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team 2. anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice
CONJECTURE (noun, verb) : 1. the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof 2. an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation
I'm so happy that I've completed my first book so I can proudly display it on my bookshelf!
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