two things with big cats

[parsimonia]

Some thoughts on the book, "Life of Pi", and the movie "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". Cut for spoilers.

Comments

[moonlinnet]

Sad face, the format's messed up for some reason, and I can't see what you wrote about Life of Pi...which is too bad, because I loved that book.

[parsimonia]

Hmm...I can't figure out what's wrong with it. It works fine on my end. But here is what I wrote about Life of Pi copied and pasted:

An interesting read, definitely. I loved reading about the way animals think/behave, about the main character's thoughts on zoos and animals in captivity... and, well, I enjoyed the couple references to the Toronto Zoo.

At the beginning of the book, someone claims that it is a story that "will make you believe in God". Well, it didn't acheive that in me, but the religious anecdotes in the story were interesting.

One part of the book that stands out for me a lot is the carnivorous island. It's both fascinating and frightening. It's almost like a mini-Gaia theory (the idea that the Earth is just one giant intricate organism). Because it did seem as though the island was a kind of self-contained organism, with the meercats having a commensalism-type relationship with it.