Book: Life of Pi
I read it last night. It took 6 1/2 hours. The guy is a Hindu, new wave. Which is to say, the old Hidus were human sacrificing pagans that resembled Baal worship. The new ones lump all their gods into one and say it is the same as the Christian God and Allah. He is one of the new wave, who of course, advocates that he can be Christian, Hindu, and Muslim all at the same time. I like his conversion to Islam best; he likes the bread and the ritualistic prayer of a muslim guy, despite the fact that he says this muslim has no personal connection to God. The whole story is fascinating and exciting, but the cwentral point comes at the end when he discusses his journey with two Japanese men. The book is an argument for god the way a new Hindu would argue; "Isn't life more interesting and tolorable with this notion of god?". Which for a Hindu who doesn't risk anything to serve his god, and it costs him nothing but incense and prayer, this argument works. I must admit, the Robinson Crusoe style of story was very good, but by the end you are going, "What?" because it turns so outlandish. It would still fall within the believability of some of Marco Polo's stories though. The creativity of the end I loved, especially the Merkat Island. I'm really glad I read it, and I noticed the Sheri has to for school. They better not tell her it is postmodern.