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Book Review By Michael C. Springer
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This novel is very much a survival story. It is about an Indian boy whom has been shipwrecked with his family. His family was trying to move to Canada from India with the family business, a zoo. They take all the necessary animals but the ship sinks and Pi (main character) finds himself stuck on a lifeboat with an orangutang, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a huge 450 lb. Bengal Tiger. The plot tells how Pi survives with all these animals. Later, the only members of the boat are Pi and the tiger. A main part of the story is also about how the tiger and Pi eventually learn that they cannot survive without the other as odd as that sounds.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Animal story Yes
Kind of animal:
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of...
Exploring into the wild Yes
kind of story - water adventure

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 ()
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - India

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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