I'm reading the compelling book "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. The main character is a boy named Pi who ends up on a life boat with a zebra, orangutan, hyena, and a tiger. He was on a ship with his family moving to Canada to start a new zoo. But soon the only animal left is the tiger. Back in India he feared the tiger but now grew to love him. This is why i think the theme of this book is not everything is what it seems. Pi went from avoiding the tiger at the zoo to living with it in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
I think the theme of this book is not everything is what it seems because of pi's image of the tiger before he was stuck with him. One example of this is how his father scared him and his brother by feeding the tiger a whole goat right in front of them. It was to teach them never to go near the cage and just how wild these zoo animals were. But it did more than that. It truly spooked them. Also Pi would avoid all the animals in the zoo he didn't like including the tiger. Instead of reaching out to them Pi just thought something of all of them.
I think the theme of this book is not everything is what it seems because of how Pi bonded with the tiger after he tried too. First, after being a friend to the tiger he saved Pi's life by killing another man they encountered lost at sea who wanted to eat Pi. This really made him realize how kind the tiger was. In addition, once they got to know one another they found an island to stay on for awhile and went on many adventures together. They looked out for each others backs and made sure the other was okay. This is why I think the theme of this book is not everything is what it seems.
To conclude, when Pi was forced to live with the tiger he realized that not only was his father wrong but he was too. It was his choice to be afraid of the tiger in the first place and he really learnt a valuable lesson.
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