(This would have been posted last night but my internet was out because of the weather.)
The second part of Martel's book started off in probably the best possible way: "The ship sank". Having had some previous knowledge of the plot and story of the book, I knew what was to come, but the conciseness of this statement complemented Martel's prior use of simplicity to explain very deeply controversial and complicated subjects. Throughout this part, Pi's devotion to faith, all of them, is further portrayed through various ways, and the story itself really takes off. The redundancy I so despised in the first part has fantastically disappeared, and the result is a vastly improved read.
Martel has continually played to his strengths, chiefly with regards to aiming for brevity and simplicity, while also appealing to his reader’s emotions (Pathos for you curious-minded souls). I enjoyed the first part, and I was pleasantly stunned by the excellence of the second part, and now I look forward to reaching the end of Martel’s brilliant work.
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