JG_ReviewMay4

=4 May 2011 Review=

1. Are the animals humans? 2. What story is real? 3. Do animals represent different parts of Pi? 4. Has Pi changed throughout the whole novel? 5. What is Yann Martel trying to get across with the novel?
 * Main Questions:**

1. Pi comes to Mexico. It is a small town of Tomatalán. 2. Two Japanese men come to interview Pi about the sinking of the ship. 3. Pi tells them the story with animals. 4. Once the interviewers don't believe the story he tells the story. But in the story a french chief was the hyena, a Japanese sailor was the zebra, the organutan was his mother, and Pi was Richard Parker. 5. The interviews say they like the animal story better.
 * Major events from last meeting to end of novel:**

1. Which of the two Pi told was true. 2. Yann Martel only wants people to take leaps of faith on believing things. 3. After the whole incident of the boat, Pi becomes who he was before the boat. He did all that he did because it was necessary for his survival. 4. Pi is more emotionally unstable and not mentally unstable. 5. The animal story is more reasonable then the story with the animals.
 * Discussed about:**

1. The ending of the novel contains many twists, similar to the movie //Inception.// 2. Similar also to the movie //Titanic// because there people's emotional and physical health were impact, just like Pi. 3. Pi may have multiple personalities like the main character in the movie //Hide and Seek//. 4. People become so overwhelmed and stressed with things that they end up changed. School can be so overwhelming and can cause a person to end up changing. Pi was stranded on a boat and he ended up becoming emotionally unstable and his life has changed.
 * Connections:**