Sunday, December 2, 2007

Life of Pi: Chapters 11 - 36

11. Pi talks about how a black leopard escaped from the zoo.
12. Pi talks about a man named Richard Parker who always prepares him a vegetarian feast.
13. Pi talks about how lions are territorial and how lion tamers are more territorial than lions.
14. Pi talks about the social relationship between the lion and the lion tamer.
15. Pi talks about a shrine with Hindu gods and other icons on the shrine like the Virgin of Guadalupe. He describes a temple, its rooms and the main praying table.
16. He talks about Catholics and the differences and similarities between Hindus and Christians.
17. He meets a priest and tells how he met Jesus Christ and became Catholic which makes him Hindu-Catholic.
18. He tells how he started believing in Islam which now made him Hindu-Catholic-Muslim.
19. He says what he thinks religion is about. He says it's about the beloved.
20. He tells us how to get closer to God and describes what God can do for you. He talks about what it's like to feel the presence of God.
21. A man is sitting down in a restaurant telling us what he thinks about God. We don't know who the man is.
22. He tells us an atheist's and agnostic's last words. The agnostic is faithful to God. The other talks about the facts of dying.
23. Three priests come to his parents and tell him he can only be one religion. They say he has to chose one. He tells them that he's going to keep all 3. His father takes him to get ice cream.
24. He says what he's going to have to do joining 3 religions--go to three different ceremonies, lots of holidays, etc.
25. He tells us about the reaction of the priest when he gets to the Mass. The priest says it's an act of treason that he believes in 3 different religions. Pit believes that God wants him to believe in all 3.
26. Pi asks for a prayer rug when he's baptized. He is still struggling with his decision about religion.
27. Pi talks about his new prayer rug--where he put it and what he does with it.
28. He describes what his prayer rug looks like. It has gold lines and a red background.
29. He tells about how they are going to move to Canada.
30. Pi gets married.
31. Mr. Kuhmar, Pi's teacher and Pi go to the zoo and feed the zebras.
32. He tells us about some examples of zoophomorism like when a mouse got along with some snakes in a cage. The mouse survived for a long time; but in the end a young viper bit it which made the other viper eat it.
33. Pi talks about a photo album with 4 photos that sum up Pi's life. The photos are completely irrelevant to him.
34. Father starts selling zoo animals to raise money to go to Canada.
35. They are leaving for Canada, but Pi's mother wants to buy a pack of cigarettes to remember India by. Pi is excited to go.
36. The man goes to Pi's house to meet his dog, his son and his daughter.

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