JG_ReviewApril6

=**6 April 2011 Discussion Review**=

1. What were your first impressions of the main character? 2. Do you think Pi will take the tiger lesson to heart? 3. Is there enough evidence to show wether or not he is a vegetarian and how will vegetarianism impact his life? 4. How is Pi emotionally?
 * Main Questions:**

1. Gains his nickname because he was tired of being made fun of. 2. Speaks with his atheist teacher on religion. It was his first encounter of atheism and he becomes scared of losing God or religion. 3. His father shows him the tiger. A goat is sacrificed and he then becomes "scared" of many animals and humanity as a whole.
 * Major events up to page 49:**

1. The significance of his name. Being named after a pool, his parents afraid of water, and the whole story of him being stranded in the middle of the ocean with a tiger. 2. How he balances religion and zoology and how he chooses to believe in both. 3. All of his emotionally depth and how it leads to his struggle with religion, faith, and his emotional strength overall. 4. The use of metaphors in the novel. 5. Pools are metaphors for the filth in humanity.
 * Discussed about:**

1. Due to him speaking of the treatment of animals, there are many animal treatment issues. 2. Similar to //Bless Me, Ultima// and the troubles with religion. 3. Being picked on in school shows how there are problems with public school systems. 4. Pi faces problems with religion is also seen with religious turmoil today. Such as mosque near Ground Zero and man burning bibles. 5. It was stated in the book that the worst animals were humans is similar to people trying to feed animals in zoos.
 * Connections:**