Second Lit Circle woohoo

We had a Lit Circle meeting today and I was the summarizer. I thought our meeting today was the best one that we've had. Everyone contributed to the discussion and we all had a lot to say about the book.

So far, I like this book. Sometimes I find myself thinking that I don't like it at all. I think I get that from the storyline or the slow pace of it. But I really do like it because it is interesting to read a story like that and the suspense of the tiger and Pi is very exhilarating to read. I also like the book for the themes that it has.
They consist of:

• Morals and Religious beliefs
• Courage
• Animal knowledge

I feel that each of these themes helps Pi in his quest to get rescued and his well-being.

The smaller questions that I have for the text are:

1. With the knowledge that Pi gets off the boat, do you think that Richard Parker is safe? 
2. Does Pi successfully train the tiger?
3. Do the rations of food and water last him until he gets rescued?
4. What does religion and the swimming lessons have to do with Pi and the lifeboat? Do you think that it was planned for him to be a great swimmer, care so much about animals, and practice 3 religions?

The quote that stuck out to me the most was during the time when he was considering killing Richard Parker, but not actually doing it. He instead is going to train him. "I had a plan and it was a good one. I only needed to survive to put it into effect." (Page 200) This quote was interesting to me not only because it kept my attention to find out what the plan was, but also because it was an important part in Pi's survival. I think the author was trying to make the point that there is always a way around something, if it is killing or survival. This is very significant to the book because it will depend on the actions of Pi and the tiger to keep them alive. 

Now that I know that the book will have a big, unexpected twist at the end, I am a lot more eager to finish it and find out what happens. 

Lit Circle Meeting Blog

Up to this point in my book, Pi has been stranded on the lifeboat with a tiger, hyena, a dead zebra and a dead oragutan. I predict that the supplies that Pi found will last him a long time, but the fact that he has so much supplies seems strange to me.

I think that the animals might get to the food or something like that will happen. I pictured when I read the part about him almost dying of thirst and I felt that the imagery was perfect to show how he felt and his need to drink. When I was reading the part of religion and zoology, I felt that this can relate to the story later, during the part of the sailing. I felt that this story was both interesting and boring at the same time.

The story line so far is the same a lot of the time, but even if it is, I get a little bit interested in the story. I wonder about what is going to happen to the boy and what is going to happen to the animals if there is no more food. Will Pi get eaten? Does he make new friends on the lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? I think that he will kill the hyena, or Richard Parker will, then Richard Parker and Pi will become friends and they will find a island to live off of until a resue boat saves them. But I didn't expect the story to begin like it did or continue like it is.