Reading Life of Pi

The following series of entries consist of what I hope to be engaging contemplations and poignant commentary pertaining to Canadian novel 'Life of Pi' and its author Yann Martel.

Personal Reflection: Imagination not dead; liberated.

I realized early on in this project that my choice of novel was a little different from many other's, whose choices involved cornerstone...

Works Cited

Borg, Marcus J. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time . 1st ed. San Fransico: Harper San Fransico, 2001. 1+. Keren, Michael. "Life...

Explication: Pi's Deliverance

Of George Polti’s thirty-six dramatic situations the second, Deliverance, seemed to fit best. It’s a bit like fitting a square peg in a roun...

Apologia: Truth, Fact, and Metaphor

“Metaphor is poetry plus, not factuality minus.” ~Marcus Borg, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time The point of interpretive fiction ...

All Comments, Queries, Criticisms and Cundundrums Welcome!!!

When I started to read Life of Pi , many people asked me if I had read it before, because they had all read it years ago- when they were in ...

Confessions of a reader cont'd

The phenomenon of Canada is that some how, despite ethnic and religious variety, we seek to forge an identity. We (and when I say 'we...

Confessions of a reader.

I have now come to the point where I can no longer skirt the issue. I have had so much to say about Life of Pi up until this point that I c...

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