Saturday, September 29, 2012
Life of Pi
My all-time favorite book is Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It is a beautiful story. I read it a few years ago and still go back often to turn through the pages and re-read certain passages! I recently got it out again because there is now a movie based on it that will come out in November! I am so excited!! I highly recommend the book and based on the trailer, the movie will also be wonderful. Basically, it is about a young indian boy, Pi, who's family owns a zoo in Pondicherry. His parents decide to move the zoo to america on a ship, but the ship sinks and he ends up on a life boat with a tiger, a hyena, an orangutan and a zebra! It's an awesome story. My favorite passage in the book is shortly after Pi is first told the story of Christ's death and he puts it in his perspective as the child of a zoo keeper:
"And what a story. The first thing that drew me in was disbelief. What? Humanity sins but it's God's Son who pays the price? I tried to imagine Father saying to me, 'Piscine, a lion slipped in to the llama pen today and killed two llamas. Yesterday another one killed a black buck. Last week two of them ate the camel. The week before it was the painted storks and grey herons. And who's to say for sure who snacked on our golden agouti? The situation has become intolerable. Something must be done. I have decided that the only way the lions can atone for their sins is if I feed you to them.'
'Yes, Father, that would be the right and logical thing to do. Give me a moment to wash up.'
'Hallelujah, my son.'
'Hallelujah, Father.'"
Wow. Every time I read that it just blows my mind. What a beautiful description of the sacrifice He made for us! This book is full of moments where you just have to stop, put the book down and think. I love it!
Maybe tomorrow I'll get around to doing a post with pictures from the last few weeks.
God is good.
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