I felt that the most important thing the beginning of the book illustrated was how Pi, himself, functions. Using the prior knowledge, the reader can almost predict Pi’s next move. This serves two elements. The reader will envision what Pi’s actions will be before they happen, making the experience more real. It could go the other way as the reader may think he knows what Pi’s actions will be, however, things happen another way, giving an element of surprise.
His father taught him all about how dangerous the animals, specifically the tiger, truly are. This forces the reader to assume Pi’s innate fear of the predators. Pi doesn’t have to state that, “I’m so scared of the tiger eating me,” it is just assumed that way. Now, whenever Pi is forced to go against this fear, uncertainty of the reader creeps in; I simply couldn’t predict how the situation would unfold.
The beginning of the book also helped me derive a personal symbolism in the new events that Pi is facing and would inevitably face. There was so much religious journeying of Pi before, and now as he is pitted for survival, religion created the glasses he looks through. The animals are no longer mere creatures of survival, but pieces of his religious past interacting with each other.
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