Here is some of my vocabulary:

1)an enclosure - an area surrounded by a wall or fence; the act of making an area separate by putting a wall or fence around it; something that is put inside an envelope with a letter
Example: The enclosure of the court seems very old.
2)to reinforces - to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger; to make part of a building, structure.
Example:The army was reinforced with a fresh group of soldiers.
3)inferior - someone who has a lower position or rank than you in an organization
Example: He felt inferior to them.
4)fretwork - patterns cut into thin wood, metal etc or the activity of making these patterns
Example:We saw the fretwork of trees, which were wanderful.
5)to crackle - to make repeated short sounds like something burning in a fire
Example: We likes the sound of the fireplace, the sound of cracled sticks makes me calm.
6)to splurge - to spend more money than you can usually afford
Example:I decided to give myself a present, and really splurge on some new clothes.
7)a mosque - a building in which Muslims worship
Example: There are many beautifull mosques in Kazan.
8)ineluctable -impossible to avoid
Example:His destiny is ineluctable.
9)a riot - a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something
Example:A riot breaks out .
10)a flunky - someone who does small jobs for an important person, especially someone who does this because they are trying to please the person - used to show disapproval
Example:The king had a lot of flunkies.
11)a herbivore -an animal that only eats plants
Example: A hare is a herbivore animal.
12)a rhinoceros - a large heavy African or Asian animal with thick skin and either one or two horns on its nose, hippopotamus
Example:You are so clumsy like a rhinoceros.
13)a clincher - a fact, action, or remark that finally persuades someone to do something, or that ends an argument, discussion, or competition
Example:The expense was the clincher that persuaded us to give up the enterprise
14)a shrew - a very small animal like a mouse with a long pointed nose
Example:I was scared when I saw a shrew in our garden.
15)to swirl - to move around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or to make something do this
Example;Where the water is swirling around, there are dangerous currents.
16)a glimmer - a small sign of something such as hope or understanding
Example:No glimmer of hope.
17)dizzy - feeling unable to stand steadily, for example because you are looking down from a high place or because you are ill
Example:My head is quite dizzy, I need to sit right now.
18)a tarpaulin - a large heavy cloth or piece of thick plastic that water will not pass through, used to keep rain off things
Example:The roof is covered by tarpaulin now.
19)a bench - a long seat for two or more people, especially outdoors
Example:In childhood we loved to spend time sitting on the bench.
20)buoyancy - the ability of an object to float; the power of a liquid to make an object float; a feeling 
of happiness and a belief that you can deal with problems easily.
Example:A wooden things are rather buoyancy 
21)infirm - weak or ill for a long time, especially because you are old
Example:His grandfather was infirm after the war.
22)a lair - the place where a wild animal hides and sleeps (den); a place where you go to hide or to be alone
Example:Mice like to hide in small lairs.
23)gastric - relating to your stomach
Example:Don't eat fastfood, otherwise you have gastric problemes.
24)a gunnel -are a family of marine fishes in the order Perciformes 
Example:We was warching gunnes all the evening.
25)incongruous- strange, unexpected, or unsuitable in a particular situation
Example:We've never had such an incongruous situation before.
26)a depth - he distance from the top surface of something such as a river or hole to the bottom of it ( deep)
Example:He is not able to overcome this depth.
27)an oar - a long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat
Example:unship oars!
28)a canine - one of the four sharp pointed teeth in the front of your mouth; formal -a dog
Example:Royal Canine is one of the most popular firm of food for pets.
29)a predator - an animal that kills and eats other animals; someone who tries to use another person's weakness to get advantages
Example:A wolf is a predator.
30)a vintner - formal -someone who buys and sells wines.
Example:My father used to be a vintner.

Aspects of the culture reflected in the story. 

    I'll begin with the fact, that Pi is a multireligious person, he sees no difference between the love of God among Muslims or Hare Krishna, between the faith in Muhammad and the faith in Jesus. But they are three world religions, each of them has its own history, which in turn shows the difference in cultural aspects. There are some national-psychological features of representatives of different religions. The world perception,  attitude, mental aspirations, the mode of action and the spirit depend on religious priorities.
    Though Pi had his own national identity, it is difficult to talk about his mentality. That is why there could be some misunderstanding among readers of different nationalities, as everyone perceives a book in the own way, from the own vision of the problem.
But inspite of that, this book still will attract public's attention, because Pi is an Indian, we don't know much about this culture. And uniqueness and mystery of India is one of the reasons for reading this book, because it is one of the possibilities to learn more about the culture through a representative.
So, if compare Pi's culture to my own one, there are some differences.  Indians have their own ideal of feminine beauty. They considere that it's beautiful when all the parts of the body are proportional. Also ideal is a small face, so women use many complex decorations and natural flowers that helps to create the illusion of a small face.
    Another fact is that a Bengal tiger - the national animal of India. Probably that's why the tiger took so much place in this book for Pi. If you delve into the history, we can see that in ancient times in India lived  4 species of big cats: leopards, tigers, lions and cheetahs. A tiger captures best of all the essence of India. Freedom-loving, strong and wise, it is perfectly symbolizes the Indian people, who for centuries have often had to fight for their independence.
    To sum up, I can say, that there would not much serious difficulties to read this book, and you even can learn more about the culture of India.

My opinion about the book.

“What I liked about the story.”

Frankly speaking, I should begin with the fact, that the story is absolutly brilliant.  And there are many aspects which I liked:

• Interesting description of the psychology of animals, their habits and behavior in different conditions, there are bright images which appears during the reading.
• It is a multi-layered novel, in which you will be able to find all the secrets only closer to the finale. 
• Unexpectable  ending which turns your world upside down at the last moment.
• Uexplainable pleasures of exposition of the charm of the protagonist, the serious things which are worthy of reflection, narrated using accessible language.

“What I did not like about the story”

• The story, though it is quite fantastic, but pretty tough, violent, espesiallly the episode when the hyena was eating zebra.
• There were a lot of not exactly pleasant details of daily way of Pi's life.
• It is difficult to understand how one person can be a Christian and a Muslim, and Buddhist at the same time.
• The book in some places seemed delayed, some long retreats with the transition to philosophy seemed a little boring.

Filming the story.

    This novel is very complicated, so it seems like it's impossible to make a screen version. But  a brilliant director Ang Lee managed to do it! The film was shot in 2012. The actor who played a role of Pi was Suraj Sharma. Initially he even wasn't supposed to be an actor, he just came on the casting together with his brother. But the team of Ang Lee chose him from more than 3,000 applicants for the lead role! 

                                                               (Suraj Sharma)

Suraj Sharma, in fact, has never been in a boat with a live tiger. In most scenes the tiger was made with the help of computer graphics technology, and only some of the scenes, such as those where the tiger was swimming in the water, were taken for real.

Along with new unnowen actors, the famous talented actor Gérard Depardieu took part in the film. He had a role of the cook on the ship, accourding to the book he was the hyena in eye's of Pi. It was genius to take Gérard to this role, because in the book the sea cook was a French man. Here he had a negative role, but I think he did his best.

                                                                

Tabu or Tabassum Hashmi is an Indian actress. Tabu twice, as best actress, won the prize National Film Award. 4 times she was awarded the Filmfare's Critics Award for the Best Female Performer. Here she plays Gita Patel - the mother of Pi (the orangutan).

About the ending.

ATTENTION!!!  This article contains spoilers! If you don't want to know how the story ends before the reading, you should skip it!

    Now I've read all the novel up to the end. And I'm surprised, because nobody could guess that there are two completely different stories in this novel.
    After the great journey on the boat with all this problemes with the tiger, the boat finally reaches a coast of Mexica. The tiger went far inland, but Pi was saved by locals. Representatives of the shipping company came to the hospital to Pi, but they didn't belive in the story, which he told them, how he spent so much time with wild animals,  and after some time, only together with the tiger. That's why he told them a different story. The story without animals at all, which was more realistic. And which was a real truth. There was no tiger, the guy created him in his mind not to go mad! And the second story he told after the rescue is more plausible.
    The main idea is that people always want to believe in something because the belief is necessary to survive. If Pi belived in a real story with a cannibalism and murders which he told at the end, he would forever remain the intimidated, morally destroyed person, with the nightmares and bad memories. But he made up all these animals to make it easier to survive the event. The tiger is his fear, his pain. The tiger is himself. He tamed the fear, learned to live with it. All this story was his own invention. He made up and belived in it himself to remain the normal person. All his family was with him on the boat, but it was difficult for him to watch how the cook killed all his family and he was imagining that the hyena is the cook, who was offending  their family even on the board. The monkey is the boy's mother,whom he was unable to save from the cruelty in the boat, the zebra is one of the sailors.
    It's impossible to provide my own ending here, the story is too complicated and I need some time just to comprehend the reading. And in such stories there is no other way - he would always be resqued, but how he spent all the time in the ocean, whether there were animals or humans on the boat - that is the question.

The letter.

Dear Pi,

    It is a great honour for me to write you a letter. When I met you for the first time I would never predict what you managed to do. Of course, my first impression of you was that you are a brave and manful person. But when I knew you closer, I realized that you are not only brave, I began to study your character, your mind, and realized that the way you think is unusual for your age. maybe you grew up much earlier.
    I notice that people who love animals since childhood, grow more broad-minded, gifted, and the most important, humane. If you respect  animals and put them on the same position as yourself, then you'll never be cruel with people too. Although I think in your case, your character could not be spoiled, even in the absence of animals.
    It goes without saying that, I would like to be your friend. I have a lot to learn from you. Your temper inspires me, because I'm constantly fighting with myself, but you showed how to do it right: you have to be honest with yourself, then you should understand, that the fear is the only real enemy of life. Every time we are afraid of something - the opinions of others, we have the fear that something will not work, the fear of making a mistake. But in a situation of complete isolation it doesn't make sense to fear. If you are alone with the fear, that means you are weak. To achieve the desired, you must throw it away and move toward your goal.
    Of course,the despair sometimes  covered you, but you was trying to get up the courage, and whatever happened you've never forgotten of God.
You experience showed me, that  kindness, courage, adventurousness, hope exist, and you are one of the brightest examples.
    But the most important that you let people understand is what you believe is true. Sometimes we create something in our mind to make the life easier, not to go crazy. Our imagination helps us to survive, and it helped you. All the life and every situation in it depends on our attitude to it.
In conclusion, the only, that I can say is that you were right to use your imagination, otherwise you won't be morally health after all this, if you took it seriously. You would have nightmares all your further life. So, it was a good decision to look at everything through the reflection of your perception.

Sincerely yours,

Lisa.

Reading a review

Reading a review

Hello! Today I'm going to look through some reviews of this book to know what other people think of this book, whether they like it or not. And I saw the review appeared in the journal  "Canadian Literature" #177 (Summer 2003).
Yann Martel (Author)
Life of Pi.
Reviewed by Linda M. Morra

"The tripartite structure of Life of Pi, Yann Martel’s second novel and winner of the 2002 Booker Prize, corresponds to three major periods of the protagonist’s life: his adult life in Canada where he meets the narrator and divulges his life-story; his childhood in India followed by a traumatic experience at sea; and his rescue and recovery in Mexico. Initially, some cursory narrative details of the second and third of these parts suggest parallels with Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Pi—whose equally resonant birth name, Piscine Molitor, is derived from the "crowning aquatic glory of Paris"—is lost at sea after a shipwreck. Like Crusoe, he survives the cruelties of starvation, isolation, loneliness (if one disqualifies the presence of Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger), and the elements, as he also becomes preoccupied with making a raft and the tools and means upon which his survival depends.
Martel’s novel, however, is no simple variant of the Crusoe adventure story. In fact, Life of Pi seems designed to impugn the bourgeois Puritan ideology that underlies Robinson Crusoe. An examination of the protagonists and their respective circumstances demonstrates this significant difference. Crusoe, the son of a wealthy merchant, initiates a sea voyage of his own volition rather than entering into business, as his father desires. No such option is given to Pi, whose sea voyage is born of necessity, not whimsical inclination. Notwithstanding the series of misfortunes he encounters, Crusoe is adept at duplicating his father’s business practices: he not only survives the shipwreck, but also applies the work ethic he has inherited from his father and amasses a small fortune. In contrast, Pi is obliged to relocate to Canada from Pondicherry, India, with his family and their menagerie of animals (which were part of a zoo, the family business) because of the country’s economic instability and political turmoil. No amount of hard labour would have transformed the zoo into a lucrative business since, as the narrator observes, "the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims."
The shipwreck is purportedly caused by a combination of bad weather and a mechanical failure; however, the shipping company demonstrates an utter lack of concern for its missing passengers, including Pi’s family, "a lowly Indian family with a bothersome cargo," and for its ship, a "third-rate rustbucket," because both were deemed economically insignificant. Within the ship itself, a hierarchy exists: there are the offi cers, who had "little to do with us," and the passengers, whose physical containment at the bottom of the ship’s hold indicates their social position. If social rank, as Martel observes about the animal kingdom, "determines whom [one] associates with and how," then it also determines one’s significance and worth: not only are Pi’s parents obliged to relocate from India as the result of their dire financial situation, their disappearance is virtually overlooked because of their low social status.
Martel’s novel is a kind of fictional biography, and, as such, displays certain hagio-graphical tendencies: presumably, Pi’s life is meant to be regarded as an exemplar. In this respect, the book also seems to critique the confessional, instructional facet of Defoe’s book, which derives its moral orientation from its resemblance to Puritan moral tracts. The autonomy and economic rewards that Crusoe and an upwardly mobile middle class enjoyed may have been the result of a solid work ethic, but they were also the product of imperial exploitation. Martel’s choice of an impoverished Indian for his protagonist seems implicitly to make this point about Crusoe’s position in the world. Moreover, if Crusoe himself discovers religious belief and experiences a conversion because of his hardships, Pi demonstrates a kind of spiritual precocity since he has explored—even celebrated—three major religious belief systems in advance of his ordeal at sea. A religious conversion is not engendered by his sufferings; instead, religious beliefs and rituals sustain him throughout his perils. Narrative itself becomes a means of sheltering from the cruelties of survival. The two versions of Pi’s life conveyed to the Japanese investigators at the end indicate that narrative, like religion, renders the cruelties of survival more tolerable.
Still, the narrator’s claim at the opening of the book is somewhat overwrought: that this is a "a story that will make you believe in God" seems to suggest a level of profundity and sophistication that the novel does not quite attain. The expectation built into Martel’s fiction is that it will transform reality in order to effect a transformation in its readers, but that expectation overestimates the power of the story. While Life of Pi is, at turns, interesting, clever, and layered, it is also inconsistently compelling and occasionally contrived."


So, I've read the article by Linda M. Morra. She is an associate professor at Bishop’s University, specializes in Canadian studies and literature, with a particular focus on twentieth-century Canadian writers.
The author expressed her impressions of the book and she thinks that it is very attractive and interesting book. In her opinion it's not a simple variant of Crusoe adventure novel or something similar to it. It's more more thought-out story, full of deeper meaning than just survival in the ocean, in the absence of conditions for life. This novel is more psychologically filled with thoughts about the meaning of existence, the struggle against their own will. In spite of Crusoe, who discovered religious belief and experiences a conversion because of his hardships, Pi demonstrates a kind of spiritual precocity since he has explored—even celebrated—three major religious belief systems in advance of his ordeal at sea. So, these book are radically different and can not be compared.
Also the author shows her idea, that nowadays people became more selfish, nobody will care if you are lost, that proves the situation in the novel, as the shipping company demonstrates an utter lack of concern for its missing passengers, including Pi’s family, because they were deemed economically insignificant.
In the author's opinion the choice of an impoverished Indian for his protagonist seems not accidental. He shows the status of poor people in the world. I can prove the words of the other with thee frases from the book: "a lowly Indian family with a bothersome cargo,", a "third-rate rustbucket,", etc.
I agree with Linda, I think that the book is with a deep sense. Each reader could spend quite a bit of time pondering the spiritual implications of the deep relationship that develops between Pi and Richard Parker over the course of their confinement together. And each can find their own understanting of some thoughts of the author of the book. This novel can show how close can be animals and humans.
In conclusion, I can say that many people like this book, mostly everybody call it the best book ever, all the readers, who wrote their comments said that they could not give up reading and be away of this book.

Information gap.

There are many interestiong aspects in this story, but I would like to pay more attention to the food which Pi was eating to survive. So, what would we eat, if we were in this situation? It's rather difficult question, because we are not ready for this challenge, but he had to come up with it.
The survival course involves:
One of the most easy food - is turtle. You can eat their meat,because it is eaten both raw and cooked or fried. Also this meat is very nourishing, you will not be hungry for a long time. But meat is not the only thing which could be useful. You can drink turtle's blood, if there is only ocean around you and there is no fresh water.
Turtle meat is the main dish on Aboriginal traditional holidays of many Pacific islands.
However, you should be carefull, not all turtles' meat is eatable. One person died and 139 residents in one of the islands in West Sumatra were hospitalized with food poisoning after eating turtle meat.
Then, you should gather rain water using turtle shells. You need to  make bowls from them to collect rainwater.
Also, turtle eggs - very nutritious and rare product that relates to a particular delicacy. In eastern countries, however, this product is an everyday food. Turtle eggs are collected on the shores of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. During the season, one turtle lays up to 200 eggs. They are nutritious and quite fatty. 100 g of egg contains 155 calories.
Then Pi was eating fish, which he caught using a net. Firstly, it wasn't pleasant to eat it in a raw form, but then dried in the sun fish was able to satisfy his hunger.

My questions and answers about the plot of the book.

Sometimes when you open a new book, there are some questions about a plot. Now I'll try to answer some of them.

1) Did Pi became mad, because of the mental diversion "escapism" by means of entertainment or recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant or banal aspects of daily life?
I think he wasn't mad, that was a normal reaction to the situation he had, because trying to remove themselves from the rigors of daily life and replace the harsh realities on fiction and fantasy was the only way out not to have a persistent feelings of depression or general sadness and to be aside from the problems.
2) Why does the tiger have such a strange name Richard Parker?
There are a number of strange coincidences with the name Richard Parker:in the book of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket," published in 1838,there is a sailor Parker who survived after the crash of his vehicle  with three other members of the team, but they ate him, not to die of hunger. In 1884, a ship called Mignorette has sunk in the ocean, and only four people were rescued, among them there was the cabin boy named Richard Parker, who was later killed and then who was eaten by the other three survivors. Yann Martel, the author of the novel "Life of Pi", named a Bengal tiger "Richard Parker", because of these events.
3) What was the the cause of shipwreck?
It's impossible to know the certain reason of the crash, but probably the ship could encounter with floating debris.
4) Why the main hero pulled out  the net and didn't take bananas?
He took the net mechanically but later it was useful for him for fishing.
5)Did Pi run wild in the absence of comfortable conditions?
In my opinion, this story makes us think if people differ from wild animals in such case when they don't have to wear clothes and when they are kept away from ready meals. After all, Pi realized that he became wild when he heard his  growl eating fish which was not very different from Richard Parker's growl and he was wild because the clothes after  a few months was completely torn.
6)Why Pi didn't kill the tiger to still hunger?
The compassion, responsibility which Pi expressed in relation to the tiger showed that he would never  kill him, and even on the contrary he  feeded him and took him to the shores of Mexico, as he had promised him that they would survive, the courage that he has shown in all that time without losing self-control gave us the understanding what noble-minded knightly nature he had.

Dear readers! Today I'm going to comment some the most meaningful passages or sentenses from the book.
1. "Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher."
The life on the boat isn't simple, it is deprived of everything. The stakes are too significant - either life or death.  The life in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has no luxury, faced with numerous physical dangers. And Pi compare it with the endgame in chess, when the most of the game has been played out and the majority of the chess pieces knocked off the board. Similarly, it that time some animals were alredy died, someone remained alive, still ready to try to survive, because the game isn't finished yet.
2. "The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar."
Pi said these words when his hardships were on the verge of despair. In that moment he understood that difficulties make his character even stronger. His mind is desperately trying to save the physical reality of the continued existence of the lifeboat, and so he soars into the realm of fantasy. The worse situation, the more the imagination harder to achive the goal. The only possibility to survive is the  faith and imagination. And he proved that it was effective.
3. “Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.” 
It's hard to stay calm when you think of the people who are not alive anymore. But thoughts can show that people whom you still love unconsciously, in dreams. Even if you firstly think that it makes hurt you, then you understand that your heart feels happy, it's such a contradiction.
4. “You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.” 
Everybody has troubles sometimes, but you musn't dwell on it. You should remember that it's such a happiness to see, to hear, to feel, to breath. And it's rediculous to waste it on grumbling that the life isn't ideal. You need just try to do the best and enjoy the life whatever it is.
5. “The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no?
Doesn't that make life a story?” 
All of us see the life as what to see. Some people pay attention to the troubles, but somebody see only bright and exciting moments. Everything depends on the person and the same situation can be treated completely different by different people.
6. “You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.” 
This quote shows the power Pi's mind has on how he perceives his situation. Life in general is determined more by a persons psyche than anything else. And sometimes strong emotions helps to understand it.
7. “These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.” 
Firstly you should be honest with yourself inside, you should care your inside world. There are some people who are seems like religious, who go to church,and so on and so forth, but only for show, but they are empty inside, evil and selfish. 

A Character Sketch 

Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as just "Pi", is the narrator and protagonist of the novel. He was named after a swimming pool in Paris, despite the fact that neither his mother nor his father particularly liked swimming. The story is told as a narrative from the perspective of a middle-aged Pi, now married with his own family, and living in Canada. At the time of main events of the story, he is sixteen years old. He recounts the story of his life and his 227-day journey on a lifeboat when his ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during a voyage to North America.
Pi is the youngest son of the director of the zoo. he is the expert on the habits of animals and three world religions. Since childhood, Pi felt a tendency to religion, but simultaneously to Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. This caused the other people sincere surprise, bewilderment and hostility. Different aspects of these religiouns  have helped him in his own experience to feel the beauty of the world. He has never forgotten about the prayer - the daily prayer, supporting undamped spark of hope in the heart. He has a very strong character, he never gives up, he fights to the end. He was still optimistic when there was nowhere to wait for help, when every day was another test, when a neighbour and even the weather was against him. But he still continued to fight, it's the thirst for life, when the main threat, the tiger, proved a lifesaver  for whom it was necessary to get food and water, with whom he can talk to, so who became a partner in misfortune.
Also Pi is a vegetarian since birth, he loves animals very much. Pi hs a very extraordinary thinking,  unusual view of the world which has already appeared in his childhood and helped him survive in an extreme situation in the middle of the open ocean in a boat with a wild beast that though he lived most of his life in the zoo, being caught still young, but still has not lost the grafted nature of instincts.
I respect the strength of his character, his will to live. His attitude to the world makes me think about it.

( The actor ( Suraj Sharma) who played the role of Pi in the screen version).

About the plot.

Dear readers! Today I'm going to share with you my guess-work what the book might be about. For me it's always interesting to predict what can happen in a book. So, the main character is a simple Indian guy, born in amazing and ancient India. As the story is the adventure, I can guess, that the boy was growing curious, he sought to learn the life, listen to his feelings and sensations. I think he is a strong, brave, courageous man, who likes to learn new things and who is not afraid of dangers, but instead tried to overcome any difficulties.
When his family decided to have a distant, overseas voyage with their own zoo, during the way the ship got into the strongest storm. But only he and some animals managed to survive, they were hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. I can predict that in the books can be a lot of pages in the stream of consciousness, because he stayed alone, he was thinking much, he could panicing sometimes, his thoughts could change very often from the positive to the negative side, he could belive that he would be saved one day. As he had to live in such situation I think he became very religious person.  An I can guess it could help him to survive.
So, that was my assumptions about the book and I hope I was right!

About the author.

Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2001-2003 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. He is also the first Canadian to represent the Washington Arts Commission.
Martel, the son of Nicole Perron and Émile Martel, was born in Salamanca  in 1963, Spain. His parents were French-speaking Quebecers. Although his first language is French, Yann Martel writes in English.
His father was posted as a diplomat for the Canadian government at the time of his birth. He was raised in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and Canada. As an adolescent he attended high school at Trinity College School, a boarding school in Port Hope, Ontario.

As an adult, Martel has spent time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Martel spent 13 months in India visiting mosques, churches, temples and zoos, and spent two years reading religious texts and castaway stories. He now lives in Saskatoon, Canada. His first published fictional work, Seven Stories, appeared in 1993.

 

                                 My choice of the book.

Hello, my dear readers!
I would like to tell you about the book I chose.
I have very different tastes in books and I love different genres. I’ve read many romantic novels, fantasy, detective stories, and even horrors. But now I just want to enjoy some adventure story. When I came across the book "Life of Pi" by Martel Yann I immediately understood that this is what I was looking for. "Life of Pi" is a bestseller, it won the prestigious Booker Prize, so it provides a guarantee that the book is good.
 The novel is very unusual. Besides the adventure plot, it is also a thriller, which is full of reflections about the structure of our world. This book contains ideas about the faith in salvation, the faith in God. It is such a survival manual how to live alone in the ocean in the difficult life situation. The adventure transformes into a philosophical novel, which focuses on the relationship between an animal and a man, the differences between the friendship and an affection. Such genre can help to develop the will and striving for a better, to instill the confidence.
The language of the author is easy for me, there is a subtle sense of humor, graceful retreats – so it was quite enough to choose this book.
So, I’m going to read the book "Life of Pi". I will try to understand all the problems which are stated in this book, because some of them are too complicated such as philosophical thoughts about the meaning of existence, the incomprehensible world order, etc. And I will share with you my impressions in this blog!
Faithfully yours,
Lisa.