Title: The Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
The story is about a guy named Piscine. He believes in three different religions, Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Pi grew up in a zoo located in India. At one part of his life, Pi and his parents decides to go to Canada through the cargo ship. At this event, Pi was orphaned. He was left alone with one creature with him; a tiger. It was really sad for Pi. At the beginning of the novel Pi didn’t know what to do with an animal. However, as the story develops Pi and the tiger got along and started liking each other. The both helped each other at times of need.
From this book I learned many lessons. Firstly, I go to know that if you want to live life then you need to continue on. Pi was left all alone in a sea with a tiger. His parents and brother is dead and he doesn’t have anyone except a tiger. It was a sad moment, for many of us we wouldn’t go near a tiger, but I learned that anything can happen at anytime and you just need to make the best out of the situations. You achieve something through the struggles you go through. Also, I find it interesting how Pi believes in three different religions. Even though some society members disagree with him, Pi still continues on. Overall I liked this book for all the themes and lessons that I got to know and learn. I also liked the part of how it took in India, in Pondicherry where I visited which I found interesting.

Vol. Hrs: 27 hrs

Macbeth by William Shakepeare

Macbeth is another Shakespearean story that I have read. Macbeth goes against his moral values. To gain more power and to maintain his power Macbeth started committing cruel crimes. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth was normal, and was satisfied with what he had, however Lady Macbeth is the one who questioned his manhood, and encouraged Macbeth to start his quest for power. The first murder he did was the murder of the king who is also his cousin. After that Macbeth started planning and murdering other noblemen of Scotland. The noblemen include his best friend. As the story continues on, Lady Macbeth feels bad and guilty that she was part of killing the King. This makes her mad and soon she dies of her guiltiness. Also, Macbeth loses love to his wife as because of the overload of respect he has and the power he has. At the end, Macbeth dies.

From reading this play, I learned that gaining power with violence and immoral actions, the power wouldn’t last long, and something disastrous will follow it.

This was an okay play too. It was short and was little easy to understand.

VOl. HRS. 24 hrs.

Title:The Watcher
Author: James Howe
The Watcher is a short read but has a lot of in depth meaning to it. The story takes place in a beach setting. There three main characters; Margaret who is an outsider, who just comes to the beach and sit and just watch people. What she intently watches is families, “perfect” families. The other character’s name is Chris. He is a life guard at the beach. He can’t concentrate on his work or anything else, since he is missing his older brother. He wants his older brother to be alive and hang around with him. Therefore the thought of his brother being dead makes Chris not to be in a normal state. The last character is Evan. Even though Margaret and Chris think that Evan’s family is the perfect one, but inside the family is breaking apart. The story continues on Margaret being kept on staring at Chris and Evan. They also find it awkward that she is always watching them. Margaret wants Chris to be her guiding angel and Evan to be her brother. The reason why Margaret wants another family is revealed at the end. Also at the end, Chris and Evan are the one that rescue Margaret from a risky situation.
You might be thinking that the watcher refers to Margaret, but it actually refers to us. How many, individuals are in our society, how we all watch wrongful activities, and see people who have emotional problems, and how we continue watching every day and the way we don’t do anything about it, we continue to ignore it. continue making fun of it, and continue watching . So, overall we are watchers in this world, where the code of silence is rarely broken.
I will reccommend this book for all of you. Even though it was a little boring, the themes and the connections in our book makes it more interesting.

Vol. Hrs. 21 hrs