In the third part of Life of Pi, I'm beginning to realize how much more I'm enjoying the book. Things are starting to flow better and make much more sense.
Pi finds the survival manual he had on his boat and reads it. He realizes that there are two things he has to take care of first: food and shelter. While Pi is working on those things, Richard Parker has marked his own territory by peeing on things. What's grosser is that Pi does the same thing, hoping to mark his territory and keep a safe distance from the tiger.
Pi becomes a lot closer to nature in this section of the book. He has to begin depending on it for survival, and you can see the transformation in him, especially as he enjoys his surroundings. Pi's always been a tree hugging pacifist, but he loses all that when he kills a fish with his hands.
As the days pass, Pi starts a routine to keep his sanity. I can completely relate to that, I can barely sit still for an hour without going crazy.
This book is waaaay too detailed in the disgusting parts. Eating animal feces, describing his water boils, and drinking turtle blood is too much for me. It really almost makes me want to quit reading and not even finish.
I am going to finish the book, however, because I've got to see how it ends now. The author has got one of the most odd imaginations I've ever read, so I'm interested to see how it all turns out.
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