Intelligence

"I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is,it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful" -Life of Pi, Yann Martel, pg. 6.

 

In this chapter, we find out that the narrator has a deep passion for animals, majoring in Zoology. The narrator is a very intelligent man, who doesn't give up; graduating top of his class and "[getting] every possible student award from the Department of Zoology." Now, we do learn quite a bit of information about the Three-Toed Sloth (almost an ethogram!) But I feel as if that information is irrelevant to the story, and is only present to get you to know the narrator, and to show the importance of his passion for animals. The narrator reveals that he currently resides in Canada, but at one point lived in Pondicherry, India .We also find out that the narrator has been in some kind of "accident" that landed him in the hospital. I feel as if the narrator is starting the story with his current condition (after the story takes place). He speaks of having scratches and being in a critical condition for a while.

8 pages down, 393 to go.