Life of Pi: Parts 3 and 4

  Wow! Poor Pi... His conflicts at sea were terrible and horrible in and of themselves, but the fact the two Japanese don't believe him is even worse! Why would Pi make those horrendous tales up? So Pi decides to tell the same story again but he replaces the animals with humans. So... Which is worse? Better yet, after given the story with humans, can the reader still find the animal story believable? Has Pi just replaced the humans with the animals the whole time to make the loss and tragedy more bearable in his mind? The reader never officially finds out so it's up for interpretation. If Pi really did replace the people with animals for his story's sake, I find his action believable and borderline justifiable. And, once given some thought, everyone has done or will do this very act at some point in his or her life! Sometimes traumatic events are completely blocked out and sometimes the human mind just makes what it wants to just we don't have to deal with the pain. And Pi was still young when that trip happened so... It makes me wonder! Overall I was pleased with the book. It kept me wondering the whole time-- even now!