Summary: The main character Piscine Patel known as Pi starts off by giving a narrative of his college experience. He explains how he was very successful in zoology for all four years, he received every possible award. After recalling his college experience he starts by talking about how much he loves Canada, but how much misses India and Richard Parker. Pi has a mother, father and older brother. His brother's name is Ravi Patel, and his father's name is Santosh Patel. His father owns and runs the zoo, the Pondicherry zoo. The zoo was filled with lions, birds, orangutans, llamas, giraffes, monkeys, hill mynas, cockatoos American bison, frogs, mongooses and more. At first Pi says he was born into Hinduism, becoming involved in its passages of rights and rituals as a child. One day on holiday when Pi was fourteen he came across a church. The pastor was Father Martin. Since Pi was new to this religion he became amazed and converted to Christianity, temporarily. One year later, when he was fifteen he came across a Muslim, Mr. Kumar. Pi began to pray like Mr. Kumar. He began to visit the local mosque to pray.
Quote: "Pi Patel For good measure I added ╥ = 3.14"
Reaction: This story has an amazing transition between the first two paragraphs. it starts out as first person, then it quickly turns into third person; an autobiography to biography; it switches back and forth Piscine Patel was named after a pool, information he gives to us out of many significant and symbolic facts. Many of these things that Pi and the narrator tell us are vital to what we need to know further into the text.
