Sophomore Luciana Salas recently read “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel.
“I really liked how it changed perspectives a lot of times,” Salas said. “Sometimes it was in the narrator and sometimes it was in Pi.”
The story follows the main character, Pi, as he finds himself stuck on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Traveling with a tiger, Pi survives out on the sea for hundreds of days. In the end, the narrator describes two different endings where it is up to the reader to decide what happens to Pi.
“I read it for class,” Salas said. “It’s very religiously inclined.”
Yann Martel is best known for “Life of Pi” but is also the author of “The High Mountains of Portugal” and “Self.” Although “Life of Pi” is fictional, Martel explains that the story was inspired by a tale that a stranger told him inside of a coffee shop. Martel was also inspired by Brazilian author Moacyr Scliar.
“I’d recommend it to someone who really likes reading books made for class,” Salas said. “There’s a lot of topics about religion.”
“Life of Pi” portrays the message that one should stick to what they believe in and adhere to their own values.