I read about fifteen pages of this book before realizing that the author's note was part of the story: I thought the note was intended to be like every other author's note I have read and not written in a character's perspective. After my initial confusion, I didn't exactly have an easier time relating to the novel.
I did notice that when Pi's father makes his brother and him watch a tiger kill a goat, it could be symbolic of a Muslim (which Pi later becomes) sacrifice. Muslim people often sacrifice goats to show how Abraham sacrificed his son to God. I like how Pi practices three religions because I think it would be amazing to be a apart of that many different cultures, but I think it is strange because they are somewhat contradictory of each other. I also found it interesting that Pi believes that the animals will overlook their natural instincts in favor for the "better story" he previously mentioned.
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