The character Pi, in Life of Pi, starts the book off with the quote, “My suffering left me sad and gloomy.” Immediately, I thought to myself that this was going to be a long and monotonous book full of sorrows. After reading the first three chapters, I started to like the book a lot more. The main character, Pi, in the first chapter, divulges his interest of religion and zoology to the reader. He explains that his dissertation was on the three-toed sloth, a very intriguing creature in his eyes. He says, “The three-toed sloth is not well informed about the outside world.” This statement is very peculiar and I think gives you great insight into who Pi really is. He also majored in Theology and I can foreshadow that this will be a very important theme in this book.