LIfe of Pi

I started reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Pi is a very religous kid who is a really good student too. He also talks about how he was in a hospital in Mexico. It is still confusing to my why he was in the hospital. I can tell that something very tramatic has happened to him at some point in his life but he hasn't said what it is. I am thinking he may have been molested or abused very badly at some point in his life. He talks a lot about the zoo. That is where he grew up at. The zoo is an important place in Pi’s memory. Since he grew up in a zoo, it shaped his belief and taught him about animal nature, andtaught in him many significant lessons about the meaning of freedom. Zoos are places of habit: there are chores that the keepers must do every day, such as feeding and cleaning the animals and their cages. Pi learns early on the orderliness of the zoo and the comforting sense of regularity it gives him. Animals prefer the consistency of zoo life just as humans have their own rituals which could be their own sort of zoo. Zoo animals rarely run away, even if given the opportunity, and they enjoy the little water and food. In the wild, life is a constant battle for survival, a race against the odds and other creatures. Death is a constant presence and possibility of the animals so that is probably why they don't run away.Pi is a very routine kid. He's a little odd too. Growing up in a zoo definetly isn't the prefered life for someone.