Life Of Pi (Spoiler warning)

BigB_85
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:34:42 +0000

So when he told the other story (the one without animals), it was the truth? Or was he just making up something more believable since the two guys didn’t believe the animal story? And if Pi was Richard Parker, then who was Pi (since Pi and Richard Parker were both on the lifeboat - but in the story w/o humans, Pi is supposed to represent the tiger, Richard Parker)?

Also, what was the significance of the journal entries that were like mid-way through the book? Remember he would be telling the story one chapter, and the diary entries of someone (who later turned out to be someone going to Pi’s house) the next chapter?