For it looks like this is Pi's reality, and it's gone on a long while now and looks (okay, I skimmed ahead) like it's going to go on for most of the rest of the book: a boat, a boy, a tiger, hyena and dead zebra.
Is the fact of the reality (though I've claimed to take whatever is thrown at me as 'real' as the rest of the story) what has made me less anxious? I find myself losing interest, even as the adventure and danger remain. Is this the author's fault; has he dragged the episode on too long? Or is it mine, unwilling to be captivated by action adventure and wanting to dig back into the characters and meaning.
Then again, I may be missing the 'meaning' of the lifeboat and its inhabitants. Shall I assign them all a metaphor?
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