LIFE OF PI (BOOK REVIEW)

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Biography of Yann Martel

How does he look like? I think he looks better with his hair cropped Birth date: June 25, 1963 He’s a Quebecer His first language is French. This is evident in Life of Pi constituting Pi’sname, Piscine, which is French for ‘swimming pool’ and denotes Pi’s mamaji love for pools and his father enthusiasm for them. As an adolescent he attended high school at Trinity College School a boarding school in Port Hope, Ontario. That’s a day after my birthday Meaning he’s French Canadian As an adult, Martel has spent time in Iran, Turkey and India. Not only that Martelimmersed himself in the Indian culture to accurately create his main character. Life of Pi is set in India and Pi’s childhood is stein Pondicherry, a state of India. It is a former French colony in India. The actual zoos in Pondicherry does not have any animals larger than a deer. The other places in India that are referenced in the novel are Manner (the destination for the Patel families vacation) in Kerala, and Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Martel spent 13 months in India visiting mosques, churches, temples and zoos, and spent two years reading religious texts and castaway stories. This is where and how he acquired his vast knowledge of multiple Religions. As a child, Pie braced multiple religions, namely Christianity, Islam and Hinduism and he devoutly follows the practices of all three religions.
Published Works Seven Stories (1993). The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993) Self (1996) Life of Pi (2001) We Ate the Children Last (2004) Beatrice and Virgil (2010) 101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper (2012) Awards Winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction* Winner of the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Shortlisted for the 2001 Governor Generals Award for Fiction Winner of the 2001-2003 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature* Winner of the 2003 South Africa Booked Prize Chosen for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2003 Shortlisted for Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award First Canadian to represent the Washington Arts Commission His short story The Facts behind the winner of the 1991 Journey Prize The one with the asterisks won by Life of Pi.
Book Review – The Life of Pi

The Life of Pi was created with a unique writing style by Yann Martel and published in 2001. Yann possesses a writing style that is good and at times can border on amazing. To date, the book has sold over one million copies worldwide. Although the writing style is good, it alone cannot make up for the unoriginal remaining entirety of the book; that is not good. If a person gave a picture to Yann Martel and said, describe it the description would likely give them the same sense of fulfillment or enjoyment as the book: none; based on the book.

The entire plot spans the period of about one year if flashbacks and other brief moments aren't included. A one year period seems fairly reasonable and exciting for a 400 page book, simply for the reason that a multitude of events can occur over the course of a year. You might even think that there aren't enough pages. Relax, because this entire book involves sixteen year old Pi Patel describing a zoo. He then boats to Canada after the zoo is sold. Surprise; the boat sinks and Pi is stranded on a life boat in the middle of the ocean with a Bengal tiger, or so he thinks. The last 300 pages consist of Pi describing his self-stated repetitive and monotonous schedule
Yann Martel set a pattern of repetitiveness throughout the entire book, leaving a lot to be desired from the plot. Similar to the plot, the setting sees very little in the way of change. There is some change, but more often than not, it usually remains brief and is abandoned by the author. Although the plot isn't common in stories, it seemed stale by the end of the book. Making sure not to break the pattern; the protagonist, Pi is heavily introduced trough first person at the exposition of the book. In a old and predictable pattern, more useless information is revealed at such a tiny rate that it in no way impacts any other element of the story. At least Pi is telling his own story through his own eyes so that you can feel the sometimes human emotions he experiences, all in all he isn't one hundred percent believable as a human. Since it is in first person you would think that he could twist the story to make it more entertaining, unfortunately, you can only twist a single idea so many times.
Overall, the book fails at one of the most vital aspects of fiction: provide an engaging story and plot. There are many possible interpretations of the ending. Unfortunately enough, none of the endings are creative, clever, or particularly amazing. If you expect creativity in your plot as well as a definitive ending, don't bother with this book. This book as a package is average at best and is not for those that have any expectations from a million copy selling book. In the end I'm sure it would have been a much better idea to spare the few trees alive that were used to make the book than to waste them on 400 pages of repetitive and uncreative story telling. If this book is supposed to be a roller coaster of excitement I must have been in a long line up for a ‘kiddie coaster'.