Life of pie Part 1

The first part of this book is super slow. But, I kind of liked it in a weird way anyway. Even with all the random and confusing scientific sections and then the philosophical religious sections, I found myself enjoying it even though I didn't expect to.

I really liked this quote! I think I like it just because of the way he describes the two as working together in a way. Usually death is a negative thing, and here it still is, but it's less severe and seems to go together with life. I like how he makes death seem like it wishes to be as loved and enjoyed as life is. 


One thing I realized in Chapter 3 is that while reading about the pool story, I completely forgot the relevancy of it and that he was using the story to explain where his name came from!


I really just liked the fact that all of the things that were discussed in this section just made sense to me. It was interesting yet at the same time I felt entertained and educated. I especially liked the part where he was talking about animals being "free" in the zoos. He says "If you went to a home, kicked down the door, chased the people who lived there into the street and said, "Go! You are free! Free as a bird! Go! Go!"--do you think they would shout and dance for joy? They wouldn't." It completely makes sense! Animals are adapted and secure in their environments just like we are in our homes and towns. People are afraid of change so it makes sense that animals would be too. So for animals, whether they are in the wild or a zoo, they will like what they're used to.


Another part of this book that I liked was how he related his nickname to a biblical thing. I liked how he used the different characters of the bible and compared his situation of getting his unfortunate nickname to that. I thought it was an interesting way to describe it. 


One unexpected thing about this book was the sheer amount of religion that was involved in it. When I read the back of the book and realized he practiced 3 religions I assumed there would be some religion but I didn't expect quite this much. I kind of enjoy it though! He managed to incorporate religion in the most unexpected and creative places. It was very surprising! And not only did he talk a lot about religion but he was really in depth too. When he was talking about his Hinduism, I had a hard time keeping up because I'm not very familiar with the religion and his amount of knowledge on the subject was kind of intimidating! 


So far it's been good. And if the first section is the most boring then I'm looking forward to what the rest of the book has to offer!