Life of Pi

"For the first time I noticed - ...that my suffering was taking place in a grand setting. I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized. And I could accept this...Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness- how can I not dwell on this brief cramped view I have of things? (Ch. 60)

Just finished reading all 100 chapters of Life of Pi. I love how Pi wishes that his story will be told in 100 chapters. I then rushed ahead just to check to see if there were 100 chapters and alas there were. I had been wanting to read this book for such a long time. The funny part is I could have read it a few short years ago back when it was on my school's summer reading list. Of course, at the time, like most young pupils, I mistakenly thought the book had to do with math (ie. the life of the number 3.14 that goes on and on and on.) Of course, now I can look back and laugh at that notion but it is true that sometimes we too often judge a book by its title. I love how the infinite and endless nature of Pi is a running theme perhaps the most obvious of which is the fact that young Pi seems to go on and on and on despite all obstacles that are along his journey. That is one message that I will take with me upon life's journey.

I see now what an absolutely astounding book and unbelievable tale this book truly is. It's impossible to not relate on some level with the tale of a young boy trapped on a lifeboat. Just yesterday I said to myself, "Self, I feel like I'm trapped out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a hyena, orang-utan, zebra, and a 450-pund Royal Bengal tiger." For crying out loud, If you haven't had that experience at least once in your life, than I tell you, you're not really truly living. I myself have the experience on pretty much a daily basis.