Life of Pi-Connector

Life of Pi
Yann Martel

I was the connector for this part of the book. In this part of the book, Pi gets stranded at sea in a life boat. In the boat was a tiger, hyena, zebra, and orangutan. The hyena eventually kills and eats the zebra, but it is for nothing when the tiger, Richard Parker, eats the hyena. Pi has to survive on the boat with a vicious tiger and an orangutan. He has to fish to get food and create shelter to live. At first, the sinking of the ship reminded me of the sinking of the Titanic. It left almost everyone dead. The survivors had to escape in life boats, but unlike Pi, were quickly picked up by another boat. When fishing, Pi was not very successful. It was his first time and he was very unfamiliar to the sport. It reminded me of the first time I had tried to fish. I was very unsuccessful, and like Pi I couldn't even catch one fish. It seemed like the fish weren't even interested in me. It was very disappointing, but like Pi I kept trying. Eventually he caught a fish and was later able to catch much more to feed himself and the tiger. Although I had kept trying to catch fish, I was never really able to catch one like Pi.

In my group I asked how they could also connect to this particular part of the book. Rin said that like Pi she also has tried to fish and failed. And Aleksa said he had also went fishing, but like Pi eventually was successful and caught a couple fish. That is the connections we found between the real world and the book.