Life of Pi Chapters 1-20

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.

Her Last Death (141- 242)

Summary

Sue is at boarding school. Her mother sent her there to get a good education. She flew on a plane to the east in order to attend boarding school. She has her own bedroom. She doesn't have to share with anybody. She was greeted and instructed by Miss Peters. During her tour she heard the principal talk about rules, regulations and the honor code. Her mother brought her boyfriend Paul on the trip. Her mother has had about 12 different boyfriends so far. She is very free-spirited.

Quote
""This isn't so bad," she said" (Sonnenberg 143)

Her Last Death Pgs 69-140

Summary- In the beginning of this section Sue's mother married Colin. Her newly married father and his wife have a baby together. She turns three before they get a divorce. Sue learns that her grandfather was famous so her mother knew a lot of people. Famous people, she talked to them and befriended them. Her mother has slept with most of the current famous people she knows. Sue's mother thought she had been diagnosed with leukemia. Sue and her sister Penelope were picked up from school early, their mother was taking them on a trip. She stole many things she needed from a store. She even stole a necklace that she didn't need. Later when they came back they realized that they had mixed up her results. She became really sick, she started having back injuries. Because of this she had to take medicine that made her weak and very sleepy. Most days she would've stayed at home in bed. Sue had to take care of her and make sure she felt okay. After a while they all moved to Mexico. At first Sue stayed at home to finish school. When she went down she found out that life was very urban, her mother has a boyfriend that owns a movie theater and Penelope worked there. She liked it there. She did anything she wanted, and got to stay out late, go to a bar and meet new people. She had a lot of crushes, but she really like this kid named Lincoln. Near the end she gets sent to boarding school.

Quote- ""You're so self-righteous," she teased me. "Melodramatic"( Sonnenberg 107).

Reflection- The narrator gives very specific details about her mother. She takes time to talk about her families life and her life as a infant and toddler. She has very adequate details that answers the reader's questions.

Her Last Death Pages 9-69

Summary- The happy girl that once lived with two parents is now grown up with two kids. In fact, she wasn't happy at all. She has had many bad experiencences. The narrator begins by explaining her current situation. Her mother is in a coma caused by a car accident. She is skeptical about whether to go or not. She is undecided and doesn't know what to do. She thinks of all the times her mother has been seriously hurt and compares it to now. It is tough for her to make the decision because of all the hardships her mother put her through. She deicides not to go. She didn't think that saying that she was going felt true. It felt true when she said she was not. The narrator begins illustrating her life story by giving information about her parents immigration. Her father was ten years older than her mother and she is two years older than her sister Penelope. When her parent got divorced at the age of 5 she, her mom and her sister lived in a hotel. They stayed there until their mother got an apartment.

Quote- "Our mother leaned in the doorway, laughing. "This will all end in tears." She liked to say that"(Sonnenberg 36).

Reaction- The narrator explains their emotions about her family, especially her mother. She uses many examples of foreshadowing and irony. You can almost predict the outcome of her mothers decisions because of her diction and personality. The mother tries to forget about her culture and modernizes. She does not want to be held back because she has children. She gets a live-in babysitter and starts living life to the fullest. Now the real story begins. I think this book is going to be interesting.